Labor Day

The bottom of this massive mural in the Detroit Institute of Art is a scene of  laborers toiling in various factory settings.  As you progress vertically up the mural, I see big machinery, then brightness, then abstractness. I interpret this as progress, the result of hard work and dedication, but that's about as far as my …

Detroit Institute of Art

While in the Detroit area last weekend for a wedding, I visited the Detroit Institute of Art ("DIA").  A fabulous collection of art of all kinds, from all places, and artifacts from all eras, it would take several days to digest it all. Not too long ago, when Detroit was drowning in debt and its …