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The Duchess’s place is vast — its doors are massive, its windows reach up to the twenty foot ceilings in the main hall, and its striped carpeting is unending. It…
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Henri walked into the room, doffed his cap, and strode to the balcony. He stood there, feet apart, and took a deep and mighty breath. “Today’s a good day for…
What better way to tell you about Richard Diebenkorn than telling you a story through a painting? Diebenkorn’s “Ocean Park” series was completed during the 60s, 70s and 80s by…
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A doorway opens into a room at odds with its own perspective. This is either A) a mystic portal to a magical new reality, B) a symbolic reference to the…
Zuzu was the daughter of a struggling businessman, George Bailey. When George discovered the petals he had put into his pocket before his other worldly experience of a life lived…
Long before the movie, the term La-La Land referred to a place that existed only in one’s imagination. Often the word indicated that the person who was visiting that faraway…
Two French doors are side by side in a mysterious room. One set of doors open into a room with a mysterious light. The other set of doors is closed….
The real entrance to Venice is, as you might have guessed, under water in the Adriatic Sea. Somehow you can see it clearly in spite of the murky ocean that…
Two sets of french doors face you in the room. On your left the doors reveal a blue hazy room with no apparent walls — the tile floor seems to…
After crossing the river Styx, you’ll pay Charon, the ferryman, with the coin you hid under your tongue. You pass the gates of the underworld, patted Cerberus on his massive…
An artist’s studio is rarely tidy. Usually it’s filled with paintings (and paint!) all over the walls, discarded sketches and paint brushes on the floor, color swatches, inspiration in the…
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