My Secret Public Journal

Isabelle Schenckbecher-Quint’s In the Depths... invites viewers into an abstract landscape, one that simultaneously conceals and...

Käthe Kollwitz’s The Kiss captures a private, tender moment between two figures, inviting the viewer into an intimate scene that...

Joaquín Sorolla’s The Photographer, Christian Franzen captivates me with its quiet complexity—a painting that seems simple at fi...

Growing up in the Southern Baptist church, the concept of spiritual warfare was woven deeply into every aspect of my life. Weekl...

 

I didn’t go inside. I didn’t need to. The weight of the Missouri Supreme Court could be felt from the steps—those wide, cool slabs of stone ...

  The November air carried just the right hint of crispness, the kind that wakes you up without biting your nose. And though I’ve walked the...

The wind was the first to greet me—an assertive, rustling kind of November breeze that tugged at my coat and carried with it the scent of co...

During a visit to Chicago, I had the opportunity to see Figure with Meat by Francis Bacon on display at the Art Institute. Stand...