Advent 14

I doubt that I had ever beguiled you into thinking otherwise but today I betray the Overgraduate as nothing more than a sentimental vulgarian.

Charles Wysocki (1928-2002) was an unashamedly commercial artist, his rather twee primitive (decried as faux naive) pictures launching record-breaking jigsaw sales. He celebrates an America which no longer exists, indeed may never have existed at all. I detect an optimism that confirms the America I love and admire - as far from the vile post-Trump world as can be conceived. This is Hickory Haven Canal. Corny I know. Tomorrow, something altogether more challenging.