a diminutive street musician, no taller than a wine bottle, performing atop a stack of vintage leather-bound books in a cozy Parisian bookshop. The tiny violinist wears a patchwork coat of jewel-toned velvet scraps and miniature brass buttons, their wild silver hair crowned with a thimble-sized top hat adorned with peacock feathers. Golden afternoon light streams through dust motes, in the warm, honey-colored atmosphere.