Henri Matisse: Cut Out for Re-invention

How we re-invent ourselves is a common theme these days as we emerge from the pandemic. Underneath all that “quiet quitting” is a yearning among many to do something else.  I recently was inspired by how the artist Henri Matisse re-invented himself late in life. When I first moved to Washington DC, I went to a temporary exhibit about Matisse’s cutouts at the East Wing of the National Gallery.  I was young and did not know much about them at the time and I thought they were sensational.  I was impressed by his evolution into pure fields of color and […]

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