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Image taken at SF Moma for Life Magazine

When I picked up Stephen King's IT for the first time back in high school, a portion of the dedication lit up my brain and left an indelible mark.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie. A gorgeous turn of phrase that's been stuck in my head for almost 40 years. I borrowed and rearranged it for this post, with an enormous thank you to the Master of Horror.

The full quote:

>Kids, fiction is the truth inside the lie, and the truth of this fiction is simple enough: the magic exists.

This painting... Man, what can one say? Ugly history documented. New doors opened. Immeasurable impact.

A child trying to be a child, trying to experience what other children experienced, against a backdrop of hate. Sometimes it feels like nothing changed.

The second image shows Ruby Bridges, the young girl from the painting, on the steps of William Frantz Elementary School with the U.S. Marshalls who escorted her to and from school. New Orleans, 1960.

The third image is of an adult Bridges in the West Wing with President Obama, where the painting was displayed during the summer of 2011.

Additional details about the piece can be found at the White House Archives and The Kennedy Center.

It's a struggle to find paintings, especially among the classics, that depict people who are anything other than White and thin; contemporary art provides a better snapshot of humanity.

And this riff on a classic is so poignant and of its time, I had to share it with the class...

Edit: capitalized the word White

Enticing to say the least. Looks like a nice way to chill at the end of the day, music of choice playing softly in the background...

The first image, Punk and a Monk, was taken in 2012 by Roger Stonehouse. I wasn't able to find details for the second image to give it proper credit.

I found out about Fall Out Boy's album cover after discovering the images. The band liked Punk and a Monk so much, they asked Stonehouse if they could use the image for their album, Save Rock And Roll, and the rest is history.

This is beautiful, inviting.

I love spending time in spots like this with a book by my side that will likely be ignored, because my eyes will be too busy inhaling nature's gift.