Constable’s French Rep

In 1862 both The Hay Wain and The Flood at Saint-Cloud were brought together for the International Exhibition...
Read MoreDouglas Penick: Eros

The funeral procession of Love followed by poets is heading towards the temple of Diana...
Read MoreJohn Crutchfield on Elliott Paul Orr

A friend testifies to the reality of one’s memories. A friend rescues the past from unreality...
Read MoreVan Gogh became enthralled by the gnarled, scarred olive trees…

In Vincent van Gogh's fragile condition, the strong, enduring trees with their anguished limbs seemed to echo Christ’s suffering...
Read MoreRodeo Relationship

In Genesis 21:8, Abraham’s making a great feast. There’s lots of hamburgers. Oh, yeah. And spaghetti...
Read MoreThe insect flew into Van Gogh’s impasto of Olive Grove…

Theoretically the insect could have been been trapped in the olive grove or the artist’s studio...
Read MoreDouglas Penick: Shang Chlorite

This small stone man shows the fathomless silent darkness in our past. He is the wordless night...
Read MoreSamuel Jay Keyser on Titian

When an exhibition is devoted to a theme, its paintings take a backseat, often to the detriment of the paintings...
Read MoreConstable’s Cart

Constable’s work depicts a quiet, pastoral scene on the River Stour, which forms part of the border between Essex and Suffolk...
Read MoreDouglas Penick on Su Shi and Beeple

Su Shi’s work speaks beyond time and place and returns us to our shared life, our shared uncertainty, our shared search...
Read MoreThe tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
Read MoreThe thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
Read MoreI spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
Read MoreThe tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
Read MoreThe thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
Read MoreI spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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