The Significance of Unimportance
CategoryThe Significance of Unimportance: Final
I don’t remember waking up for the second time. I remember staring at the ceiling of my room and noticing there was a spider there, and then there w..
The Significance of Unimportance: P.A.I.N.T.I.N.G.: Terrible Parties in Art History
Throughout history, women have had to put up with whatever the world had to throw at them, no matter how ridiculous, with a smile and a poised postu..
The Significance of Unimportance: P.A.I.N.T.I.N.G.: Flavors of Pearl
In an unknown year, a Dutch master named Johannes Vermeer, painted “Girl With a Pearl Earring” – one of the most famous paintings in the world. Howe..
The Significance of Unimportance: P.A.I.N.T.I.N.G.: Marie-Anne and Husband
I found this picture on the Internet. I didn’t know about it, but I was immediately angry because I’m a scary feminist. This is a painting of Marie-..
The Significance of Unimportance: P.A.I.N.T.I.N.G.: Introductories
This series I like to call “P.A.I.N.T.I.N.G.” within my already artsy column —“The Significance of Unimportance,” —will be centered around taking ol..
The Significance of Unimportance: Ornamental Iron
Albert was, for much of his life, sick. It was the kind of sickness that always seemed to Albert a passing storm, a light drizzle that would move s..
The Significance of Unimportance: Self-Portrait 1889
A frown,
like his orange-painted Dutch hair,
often fit unsettlingly comfortable
onto Vincent’s pale, slim face
that his catholic mother ..
The Significance of Unimportance: Swan Gown
Since she was a little girl, she longed for a mane. Though her kinky waves were always clipped to her scalp, she longed for the luscious waterfalls ..