Five minutes into my second pose, the universe begins to melt away. I feel connected with the Life Room, telepathically in touch with the artists assembled to draw, paint and sculpt me.

As Treasurer Jim Chalmers assembles his second budget to be delivered in six weeks, the busy family man could do worse than to spend a rare idle moment at the National Gallery of Australia.

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