Hi friends, A few days ago, I visited the Holy Sepulcher exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it. The paintings were beautiful. The history was fascinating. But the relics? They blew me away. There were jeweled chalices, gilded reliquaries, crosses made of gold and lapis lazuli, tiny enamel scenes, semiprecious stones, and metalwork so intricate it almost didn’t feel possible. I found myself standing in front of these pieces longer than expected, trying...

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Let’s say it: some days, the words don’t flow. They don’t trickle, they don’t drip, they straight-up ghost you. And you? You’re over it....