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Wondering how to be more creative and inspired.  Life is an incredible journey and we stumble our way along searching for self.

Wish I had more time to peruse the Art Institue of Chicago 
When there last my most memorable pieces were works by \

My two favorites William de Kooning and Anslem Kieffer

Anselm Kiefer
German, born 1945
The Order of the Angels (Die Ordnung der Engel), 1983/84




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Photo by Art Institute of ChicagoWillem de Kooning's "Interchanged" is in the foreground and Jackson Pollock's “Number 17A" is in the background to the right.

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