Today I took Sarah, Norah and Avril to the Wadsworth Atheneum, the oldest public art museum in America. We saw paintings by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Picasso...
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There's always one or two works that I, personally, really connect with on each visit to an art gallery. This time I liked The Lesson by Thomas Armstrong. The painting looks very severe from here, but it provokes a totally different feeling in real life. I actually laughed out loud. I wonder if you can guess why I liked it so much.
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The other painting that really inspired me was Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis by Frederick Lord Leighton. This is only a small portion of the entire painting, but it's the part that really struck me.
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It made me think of a friend I am praying for. I do not understand what actually happens in the supernatural realm when we pray, but I know that prayer can sometimes feel as if something like this is really happening in the spiritual realm.
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There's always one or two works that I, personally, really connect with on each visit to an art gallery. This time I liked The Lesson by Thomas Armstrong. The painting looks very severe from here, but it provokes a totally different feeling in real life. I actually laughed out loud. I wonder if you can guess why I liked it so much.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8bJQcxDpHTMZzUzkHtS8q3uYz-xAxMw0o0_62d4WjFhVjEbsAA38DmdGYo_4ki_-KQYU6ijh8WZaPkrwCXbhij2UAVRz7CMBS1PshHoFGQJxktoNe4WkzC5abTazOh0bL7GOpzAXn7Y/s400/IMAG0273.jpg)
The other painting that really inspired me was Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis by Frederick Lord Leighton. This is only a small portion of the entire painting, but it's the part that really struck me.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbPGyZ3htLC6DO_17zk0CTgSll97R2sDn64Zd9EcSad6FliNLDdRKKNE0oH-AsMMnNk5M0yHae5tsrazLQHViL_ujytyd7B8bSs_-OZbIJfV7hN7K9ffpcU8udKfXUaNR8bGBE0PBE9Q/s400/IMAG0279.jpg)
It made me think of a friend I am praying for. I do not understand what actually happens in the supernatural realm when we pray, but I know that prayer can sometimes feel as if something like this is really happening in the spiritual realm.
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