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Ferida Wolff's Backyard: Grackles Out for Dinner; A Flock is a Family
Then I saw this tree. There were so many birds on it. The birds were grackles, a species that travels in flocks, sort of like traveling with a large family. It made me think about the concept of family. There are many individuals connected to each other. Sometimes the connection works, sometimes not but when it does, it is a joy. Family members can provide support and caring, a sense of belonging and sharing. more »
A Medieval Alchemical Book at the British Museum Reveals New Secrets
The Book of the Seven Climes is the earliest known study focused wholly on alchemical illustrations. The 'climes' (from which our word 'climate' is derived) are the seven latitudinal zones into which the astronomer and geographer Claudius Ptolemy divided the inhabited world in the 2nd century AD. more »
Meet Chief Judge Merrick Garland, the President's Nominee to the Supreme Court: What Generation Progress Is Doing
Since 1875, every Supreme Court nominee has received a Senate hearing or a vote ... Senator Patty Murray. Generation Progress highlights the individual senators you can contact directly: Senators, #DoYourJob more »
The Cantor Arts Center: Myth, Allegory and Faith and a Preview of a Hopper
More than 180 works, selected from one of the most extensive private collections of Mannerist prints in the world, epitomize the 16th-century’s extravagant and sophisticated style featuring engravings, etchings, woodcuts and chiaroscuro woodcuts by renowned artists and famous printmakers of the era. One of Hopper's early paintings, the oil on canvas was created when Hopper was just 31 and still struggling to establish himself, but it heralds the artist's influential career and prominence as one of America's great realist painters. more »
