Thickly Atmospheric Open Water Baptism Scene with Curious Third Man in the Brush, 1920s Snapshot company H it looks built to run--but

it looks built to run--but also to love

struck me as especially beautiful

Two large balls in stacked cages above

From a second batch of drawings by the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929-2015): I think "Talent" is the perfect title for this 1961 ink drawing--amplifying the proudness and look-at-me aspect of this harlequin-esque performer

Thickly Atmospheric Open Water Baptism Scene with Curious Third Man in the Brush, 1920s Snapshot company H it looks built to run--butPerhaps my favorite of the week, this is a 1920s snapshot of a baptism clearly taken from quite a distance, such that the ceremony in process seems as if happened upon by the taker of the photo a voyeur on a very private moment, which makes us feel that way too. And captured in the image is a third figure at far right, back turned and partially bent over, lending an added charge have we caught him in a vulnerable moment private act, too? This is a