A Kiss and and Promise

I think it unlikely I'll be posting for the next couple of days; I have a writing assignment that has crept up on me--rather, rushed up on me--and needs to be completed in short order. For today, instead, I offer this charming piece by Emily Beeny from the blog of the J. Paul Getty Museum. I hope she won't mind. It says a lot, with humor, about the perils and delights of writing about art and, particularly, of trying to say a lot in a small space. It's as much a pleasure as the picture she writes about.

That was the kiss. Here's the promise: I'll be back! A bientot...