thatched roof of a shed, Mary kneels amid the livestock, adoring. To the left, an angel instructs the rapt wise men; to the right, another explains the goings-on to the shepherds. Above, an angelic merry-go-round hangs turning in the sky. A round dance, midair. Right in the middle of everything, getting all the attention, Harold lifts a hand as if in benediction. Too old, too long limbed for a newborn, hair enough to look coifed. That baby’s just too big!
Delta and I took a last turn through the exhibition, having a second look at our favorites. Delta spotted Joey, present too, here and there, wherever a showy bird was needed. We puzzled for a moment over Botticelli’s Calumny of Apelles, meant to warn “the rulers of the earth” to be wary of heeding false council. Although allegorical figures struggle mightily in the painting, contesting the truth, the foreground is strangely empty, plenty of room there for a “Bird of Paradise,” if one had been wanted.
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