I’m not exaggerating to say that exploring the Field Museum recently felt like stepping into the sun after a long winter. Between finals and traveling, I hadn’t been to a museum in a while. This visit was, to borrow a phrase, the first time this summer where I was met with something commensurate with my…

“It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look – to affect the quality of the day, that is the highest…

I should start by saying: Welcome. I’m glad you’re here.  In all honesty, I have no idea how to keep a blog, but I don’t think anyone else does either. My strategy as it stands is to commit to being painfully earnest, so bear with me. For this and for everything, thank you for reading. …