Understanding goodness as chickens see it — This is another of those drafts that I’m looking at one last time to either publish or purge. …

But we are making new friends on Substack! — So far, losing Revue as the platform for our newsletter has not been so bad, and we are steadily growing our list of subscribers. Many of them are new! I did not manually transfer Revue subscribers to Substack because it didn’t feel quite right. (I wanted to treat the list…

The most curious virgin and child painting — This week, we have narrowed our search of curious paintings to only curious virgin and child paintings, one of the most common motifs in the history of Western art. See if you agree with our assessment. The Melun Diptych The virgin and child painting above was originally displayed in a diptych, a pair…

No need for apologies if you never noticed this before — This is another of those drafts that have just been hanging around that needs to either be published or deleted. This was a definite “publish” because it starts off with chickens! The “I’m Traveling Some” postcard cartoon In the featured image above you will see an example of the cartooning…

Nyaaaaaahhhhhhh! Oh, a wise guy, eh! Woo-woo-woo-woo! — You may often think of an art museum as being a solemn place of contemplation — a temple of our highest visual artistic achievements containing expressions of what it means to be human. But they can be more than that! There are some truly curious paintings in some museums, and…

Desperate writers, rejoice! Your next great story is just one fast food meal away! — So far in 2023, I’ve been looking through my “drafts” here to see what needs to be published and what needs to be deleted. (Yikes! There are currently 52 of them — One for each week of the year.) Publish or purge This one seems to have some promise. Have you ever thought…

What is in the heart of a poet? — This story was prompted by a drawing style I was working on several years ago when I posted on WordPress. Now, as the new year begins, it seems to be an appropriate time to send this out to encourage all of my Medium writing friends, particularly those who are poets. …

A Final Art History article to end the year — I have been saving this painting for some time now because I was unsure what to do with it. The tear of a fallen angel This is a painting of Lucifer after his fall from God’s grace. As a proper name found in the Latin Vulgate, Lucifer means “Light Bringer.” …

Looking at a book project with fresh eyes for a new audience — You could have knocked me over with a feather — as long as it was a chicken feather. But I should have been anticipating it. It was disappointing when I found out that Twitter was closing down Revue, our newsletter platform, but that gave me the chance to find an…