Jun 4, 2026
I’m always dreaming about going to Italy, and so my ears prick up when I hear the language. I don’t speak Italian but, in my dreams, that is no barrier. I chat easily with people on the street, make jokes with shop people, eavesdrop on public transportation, just as I...
May 21, 2026
Teens. Suddenly, they are everywhere, like flowers or possibly more like dandelions, since they spring up without warning, and they dominate the eye. They grow very fast. They seem to be always turning themselves toward the sun. And they cluster. Of course,...
May 8, 2026
A portrait gallery of the past is a powerful place. We are free to look with impunity, to stare without reprimand, to study, to judge. Period photographs may more accurately represent form and feature, but they are robbed of life by the technology that required...
Apr 24, 2026
Ideas can have such long legs. Many long years ago, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I read an article in the then-Minneapolis Star Tribune about the then-head of what was then-called the Minneapolis Institute of Art. It was, even then, a vast magnificent...
Apr 9, 2026
It’s the season for aimless car jaunts, re-acquainting ourselves with the outside after a long winter. Just look at all that world out there! Here’s a no-charge recommendation: adjust your sight to overlook all things man-made and focus only on trees. It’s easy,...
