‘Love’: Colorful, Steely, and Stacked
“Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.” —Robert Indiana (1928– ) On Valentine’s Day, we are celebrating love […]
Tag Archives: New York
It’s About Time
“For what is time? Who can readily and briefly explain this? Who can even in thought comprehend it, so as to utter a word about it?” —St. Augustine (AD 354–AD […]
A Train Ride through Miniature New York
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde (1856–1900) Sensational describes the Holiday Train Show at the New York […]
Good Advice at Your Feet
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” —Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) What with our many skyscrapers in the Big Apple most visitors and some […]
There’s Nothing Like “Dames”
“Just think, Ruby. Just this morning you were on a bus with nothing but a pair of tap shoes in your suitcase and a prayer in your heart. And now […]
Strawberry Fields Turns 30
Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace. —from Imagine by […]
Remembering 9|11, Far from New York
“The light of Liberty shines through the Book of History. This Book is open to the memory of the heroes of September 11, 2001.” —Daniel Libeskind (1946– ) lead architect […]
Orchids in the Garden
Just as I wonder whether it’s going to die, the orchid blossoms and I can’t explain why it moves my heart, why such pleasure comes from one small bud on […]
A Pilgrim’s Progress
“Mr. J. Q. A. Ward’s ideal figure of a New-Englander for Central Park.” —from the October 12, 1884 edition of the New York Times As is the case with many […]
New York’s Easter Parade 2015
On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us And you’ll find that you’re in the rotogravure Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet And of […]
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