On Diminutive Things

In my previous post, I discussed The Goldfinch, a painting by Carel Fabritius that Tom & I were fortunate enough to see last month in an exhibit in San Francisco.  Still savoring my enjoyment of the painting several days later, it somehow brought to...

On Seeing a “Girl” & a “Goldfinch”

A mere three days after we viewed Vermeer’s Woman in Blue Reading a Letter in Los Angeles, Tom & I were standing in front of yet another Vermeer in San Francisco, the much-beloved Girl with a Pearl Earring.  Popularized in recent years by both a novel & a...