How to Make Writing a Daily Habit

Painting of woman at table with hat and fruit basket writing

Do you want to write but find it hard to sit down and do it? Writing is something worth making time for. As for inspiration, well, you don’t have to wait for it. Consider making writing a daily habit, something you do naturally, without too much thinking or effort. Here are some ideas. 1 Write … Continue reading How to Make Writing a Daily Habit

If You Had One Wish…

Birth of Venus empty painting

If I had one wish (provided say by a wish-fulfilling genie), I would probably wish never to wish for anything. But to be alive means to wish for things, you may say. What sort of life would it be without any wishes in it? The life of an ascetic? Of a recluse? Of a socially … Continue reading If You Had One Wish…

10 Best Boy with a Hat Paintings

The Torn Hat Thomas Sully

The word "best" in this title is, of course, subjective. What this gallery of a post features are some of my favorite boy with a hat paintings from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Boys wearing hats are an interesting subject in painting. They wear on their faces the innocence of their young age, but … Continue reading 10 Best Boy with a Hat Paintings