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 (Drowning Girl (aka Secret Hearts) by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963, oil with polymer on canvas)

Wonderful, stupid, romantic love

And really, who wouldn’t rather sink than call Brad for help? Roy Lichtenstein’s iconic oil painting from 1963, Drowning Girl, nails contemporary teen romance like no other work of art. With Brad’s name on her lips she arrives on the beach, fresh as a peach blossom, perky as a fruit pie (whatever) and there is Brad […]

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! Rings of the Lord (JPG)

At Some Point, Poetry Stopped Being the Journey

…it hopped the last train to the coast, taking relationship and romance with it. The thing is, poetry has never ceased to be vital for the human spirit. Poetry, “vitamin P,” is an essential nutrient that mitigates societal floundering by enlarging our capacity to put the world into perspective, to digest woe and be tolerant […]

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