I Stumbled Upon a Painting I Like

I’m in the Santa Ynez Valley for the Santa Barbara Vintners Festival and while having a pre-dinner drink last night in Los Alamos I came across a painting hanging on a wall in a wine bar. It caught my eye among the many other pieces of art displayed around it. It took me back to a time and place I recall fondly, a time of Southern Gothic visions and Flannery O’Connor and Savannah and Athens, Georgia. The music was good.

“I came here as a man of visions. I was sent here as a man of visions, like a second Noah. I’m not Noah but I’m here as a second Noah. I’m here as a red light is in the street.”