Welcome to Friday,
The fittingly dramatic story of Caravaggio’s last painting.
Terrific tulip photos from around the world in this year’s Smithsonian Magazine Photo contest are stunning.
What do Richard Feynman, Le Corbusier, and Frank Lloyd Wright have in common? They all received a remarkably similar, specific kindergarten education. Lawrence Weschler shares an odd note of history about the influences of Friedrich Froebel’s kindergarten theory on first-rate artists, “The Kindergarten of the Avant-Garde”.
A few weeks back I shared a newsletter dedicated to listening to A Year of Bach. This edition gives multiple starting points for wading into Bach’s catalog, based on your instrumental (and dramatic) preferences. Enjoy!
Finally, a delightful short story about a zoologist with a fear of penguins.
Currently reading: Freedom by Sebastian Junger
Have a great weekend.
Image: Summer Day. Sussman, Richard. American, ca. 1939.
