- Vol. 05
- Chapter 07
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Image by Mary Cassatt
Ties That Bind
Mary Cassatt's well-known painting Degas-esque, 'The Child's Bath' Ideas drift – the Madonna and Jesus Cleansing, purifying; familial bonds Tenderness, togetherness, education Sunday grace, calmness embodied Freed of artifice or guile A moment in time, fragile Art galleries' depictions gilt-framed – Painters neglected or acclaimed
A golden harp plays in the ether Reverberating through centuries