Howard Pyle’s “The Mermaid” Helps Me Understand Love
And my perspective shifts.
Nov 3 · 3 min read

In my living room, directly in front of me, hangs a reprint of Howard Pyle’s The Mermaid. Its evening shades are calming, even though the image is colored with passion.
A mermaid, her hair dangling with jewels made from contents of the sea, has lifted up her human torso so that it will fit into the arms…


