Art History

I wrote this after returning from my first visit to Paris in 2018. I had dreamt about the City of Light since I was a child. I finally booked airfare for my 40th Birthday, but was derailed by a cancer diagnosis, surgery, and chemotherapy. As soon as I got clearance from my doctor, my family jetted off to Paris. In 2023, I'm packing my bags to head over there a second time for an artists residency. Here are my memories of that first day.

This November has me thinking about a lot of things that on the surface don't seem to have much in common. What does my birthday, All Saints Day, the Election, and Charles Dickens have in common?

The way an artist looks at a model is unlike the way we look at one another in any other context. There is no judgment for the way a model compares with glossy magazine images or how they measure up to cultural beauty standards.

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