A Salvador Dalí painting is instantly recognizable, whether the viewer realizes that’s what they’re looking at or not. Smashing into the art scene in the mid-1900s, Dalí ensured that artistic expression never looked the same. However, his outlandish and occasionally obscene behaviour proved a detriment to his image. So, who was Salvador Dalí: A madman or a genius?
The Room Full of StrangersThe conference room at Hartley & Associates smelled like old wood and expensive cologne. I'd arrived twenty minutes early, thinking I'd be one of the first, maybe share a quiet moment...
The Day the Sky Wouldn't CryI stood outside the funeral home that morning trying to memorize the weight of the air, the exact shade of gray the sky had turned. My grandmother deserved tears from...
The Morning AfterI woke up feeling like someone had taken a sledgehammer to my skull. My mouth tasted like I'd been chewing on drywall, and when I checked my phone, the brightness nearly blinded me....
The Peace SignI remember the exact moment I should have paid attention, though I didn't know it at the time. Emily and I were sitting at the kitchen table, bills spread out between us like...
The Night Everything ChangedIt was supposed to be a Tuesday night like any other. I was wiping down the counter at Romano's Pizza, watching Cara refill the napkin dispensers, when the bell above the door...
Charles Darwin's ideas on evolution were influenced by the devastating loss of his daughter.
Isabella was never supposed to be queen. But she schemed and fought her way to the throne. Then Isabella was never supposed to be an active queen. But she turned out to be the greatest. In the end, she changed history—but it wasn’t always for the better.
The Quiet YearsMom died on a Tuesday in October, and I swear the color went out of Dad's world that same day. We'd always been close, the three of us—Sunday dinners, terrible dad jokes, Mom's...
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