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Unread 09-14-2021, 05:09 AM
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It was impressive in that Titian's use of color and capture of a moment are impeccable. The luminous smooth white skin of nude women was loud.

But I had a slow realization, encircled as I was by the six paintings, that the age of helpless nude women being saved by bold men is over in my eyes. I also read extensively about the patronage behind the paintings and became turned off again. Men. I've had a bit of a revelation, after all these years.
These are the times that try our souls (to paraphrase Paine). I'm trying. Indifference and ignorance are to be scattered wherever they are found. How that's done is the chaos of change. Good morning.

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