Last week, Jim and I spent a nice afternoon at the Art Institute of Chicago. I always enjoy strolling through the galleries and getting up close and personal with some of the most famous works of art in the world. I’m not the type of person to stand in front of a painting and analyze it in a conversation with someone else, but I do have my own agenda. What I do when I come across a piece of art I really love: 1. I look at it from afar first, and then I slowly walk closer until I’m only about a foot away. 2. If the painting has one…
