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“Humans are besotted with color and we always have been. We love it so much we will breathe it, eat it, drink it, and look at it until our eyes roll back in our heads. We will paint with it, paint the world with it, paint ourselves with it. We will go to the ends […]
Featuring stories from Keri Blakinger, Zhengyang Wang, Marian Bull, Mark Synnott, and Clover Hope.
“He has a story he wants to share, about what life looks like afterward. It does not offer Five Easy Steps to Bury Your Pain. He knows how deeply loss can cleave a person. But he also learned that we need other people to help pull us clear of the wreckage.”
“My mother realized that the best way she could pay the bills on time was to start playing poker again.”
“A couple spent years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to have a baby. Then Hurricane Ian hit.”
“Branson, Missouri, is touted as a wholesome, family-friendly tourist destination where dinner-and-a-show thrives. But here, everyone’s trying to sell you more than just a ticket.”
“Self-trained muralist Roberto Marquez creates public art after mass shootings and other tragedies. Unfortunately for everyone, he’s been very busy.”
The couple who saved an imprisoned artist’s life — and the extraordinary gift he gave in return.
“The frame changes everything.”
“Pitchfork reviews have always been just as much about where and how music fits in the culture as they have been about the music itself.”
