Category: Art

  • Chickens in the Eternal City

    Chickens in the Eternal City

    The world is, and was, a scary place. Humans long for a glimpse of the future.  Something to help keep the dark waters at bay. Today people crunch data trying to dig out signals in the noise. Back in the ancient world, folks asked the gods.  Well, they asked oracles or seers to help out. One did not…

  • Stacks & Stacks

    Stacks & Stacks

    When I was eleven, there was a big Monet show at the Art Institute of Chicago.  I was part of the tsunami of school kids poured into yellow buses and shipped to the big city to see it.  Our art teacher talked up the Monet paintings.  A new one had been acquired and it was quite…

  • Genesis Incunabula Exordium

    Genesis Incunabula Exordium

    I’m thinking about taking my blog in a different direction.  It’s been a really big deal for me to step out and toss my scribblings out into the ether.  I’ve been writing on and off since I was a kid .I liked writing papers back in my college days. I love researching and learning. I’ve…