[left that other site]

Yes, Truth is not always “Pretty”.

That’s why I love FR. We celebrate beauty, but we are not afraid of the truth, even when it’s ugly.
Mr. Kincaid had chosen the Beautiful part of truth upon which to focus his talent. That is OK, as there is no shortage of Artists who revel in the controversial, the gritty, the harsh, and ugly aspects of the truth.

Kinkaid was refreshing in his depiction of Beauty, as it is getting quite rare these days. Nearly all aspects of our present culture (Art, Music, Film, Dance, etc)celebrate violence, deviant sex, racial hatred, misogyny, drug abuse, and death.

And that’s not even counting the porn.

[the invisib1e hand]

I was looking at the paintings that were posted here. They are beautiful. To my eyes, they are an effective reminder of innocence -- even if that leaves us bittersweet these days, it surely prevents us from falling for the lie that innocence never was.

And that inevitably, if one follows it doggedly and truthfully, leads to Hope.