The Wine Glass (1859), James McNeill Whistler The Martini Project I was making myself a gin martini on a recent Saturday evening when my mother asked if I wanted to see a copy of my father’s autopsy report. He had been dead six weeks. There are only a few different ways I make martinis, and I can explain it for you pretty easily if you’re new to this or curious about the unusual world that spills open as a martini drains in your hand. Mine, that night, frosted its low tapered

In Spain (1865), Olidon Redon Who Holds the Blade The first time Eneko fell in love, he did so from afar and with a dangerous alacrity. The year was 1850. The boy was not quite fifteen years old. Eneko lived in a Basque village on the Spanish coast not far from Bilbao. While he’d heard of the city, it was not a place he had ever visited or even hoped to visit. His was a poor fishing family and their plans only ever considered the cycles of the sea. He was sickly for much of

Sorrow (1913-23), Auguste Rodin On the Outside of Something When the couple came to lease her studio, she could see they were rich....

TV sets in Store Window (2001/2006), Zoe Leonard Ready Rentals I have my own money, and that basically makes me a grownup. Mom said I...