In politics, you don't vote for a candidate that you "like". Politicians are, by design, not likeable: propagandists & partisans not judges, never acting against their self interest, hence never trustworthy.
You vote for the candidate who will cause the smallest amount of harm.
Sorry to see longtime @SkidmoreCollege Art Professor Regis Brodie has passed away. Here's a couple of his creations around town that many are not aware of; the fountainhead at Congress Spring and the taphead at 9 Maple Ave, shown here with Wayne.
Caravaggio was born on this day in 1571.
The Cerasi Chapel in Rome’s Church of Santa Maria del Popolo is home to two masterpieces by the Baroque master: The Crucifixion of St Peter and The Conversion of St Paul.
Honoré Daumier
— A Man Reading in a Garden | c. 1866-68
[Watercolor over black chalk, with pen and ink, wash, and Conte crayon on wove paper]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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