LAURA MEYER | CYGNE

White House on a Hill
Chaim Soutine (Lithuania, active France, 1893-1943) 
France, circa 1918 
Oil on canvas 
20 5/8 x 25 in. Frame: 37 × 21 1/2 × 2 in. (93.98 × 54.61 × 5.08 cm) 

Made it to Chicago! Listened to this guy the whole way. Proud to be in his town. 

Comfort food for stranger blues.

because sometimes you gotta tend to yer roots.

in a world gone mad, he's still the best <3 

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More than a cathedral, Notre Dame is a container for our collective soul. Regardless of faith or nationality, she has been the receptacle for millions of our prayers, dreams, and meditations. She has inspired our poems, art, and imaginations. She…

I Worried 
by Mary Oliver 

I worried a lot.  Will the garden grow, will the rivers 
flow in the right direction, will the earth turn 
as it was taught, and if not how shall 
I correct it? 

Was…

Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore, 
non feci mai male ad anima viva! 
Con man furtiva 
quante miserie conobbi aiutai. 
Sempre con fè sincera 
la mia preghiera 
ai santi tabernacoli salì. 
Sempre con fè sincera 
diedi fiori agl’altar. 
Nell’ora del dolore …