personal

art

Marc Chagall's Love of Flowers

Marc Chagall's love for painting flower bouquets is one of those charming aspects of art history that stick with you. Chagall painted flowers – including cut bouquets of flowers – throughout his career, both as elements of larger compositions and as standalone works. I had the honor of encountering them

nature

The Quiet That Comes With the Rain

As the land waits for the rain, it quiets. The clouds filter the daylight into haze, and shadows soften. The rain comes, the birds honor it with silence, and even people are discouraged from making a sound. On a park path, a bench is sheltered by a maple and a