Dégas’ brilliant rendering of perspective pulls the viewer into the mystery of what has taken place in what appears to be a woman’s bedroom. At the foot of the single-width bed, a coat is thrown over the metal bedpost frame. In the right foreground a bearded man leans against a closed door. His shadow looms […]

Two paintings by Jean-Baptiste Greuze capture weary domesticity and maternal intimacy.

This poem reveals how human suffering unfolds quietly, unnoticed, while ordinary life continues its daily rhythms, indifferent to personal catastrophe.

Two haunting paintings by Henry Sugimoto capture the emotional weight and injustice of Japanese American internment during World War II.

Miracle Mile is Clark Middleton’s powerful, humorous monologue about disability, resilience, and pursuing acting despite lifelong rheumatoid arthritis.

A vivid exploration of despair and transcendence, Roethke’s poem reveals the raw edges of consciousness, nature, and spiritual awakening.