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After the war, Homer started to paint women--not the nudes of classical European painting, but young working women. The MFA show has over 50 canvases devoted to women, in various scenes: at work, playing croquet, or simple portraits. In his "Morning Bell," a red-and-white clad woman walks to her factory job; in the background other women are doing farm chores. This shows the transition from America's agrarian past to the post-War industrial economy; Homer's eye is focused on the trends in the lives of average citizens...
...artistically inclined, the Museum ofFine Arts (MFA) at the Museum T stop houses acomprehensive assortment of international art. Themuseum boasts an impressive collection ofimpressionist paintings, including 35 works byClaude Monet. To save money, be sure to stop byWednesdays from 4 to 9:45 p.m., when admission isfree...
...your way to the MFA, take an interestingdetour at the world headquarters of the FirstChurch of Christ Scientist (T: Symphony, greenline). The 19th century Mother Church is theChristian Scientists what St. Peter's in Rome isto Catholics...
...just waver. When looking for the answers, we stagger, stumble, falter and fumble. We are stuck. Even here at Harvard, my classmates, we've become tired of ambition and its costs. Yes, sitting here among us are some future senators, maybe a curator for the Met or the MFA, a few novelists and certainly some George Soroses. All right then, many George Soroses. But the majority of us are now tired, still recuperating from a late winter full of theses and cover letters. And so, an old question, perhaps the oldest: What is to be done...
Henri Cole: Most of what I know about creative writing programs comes from having been an MFA student at Columbia. It was there I grew up as a writer. From that experience as a student, I have to say I believe that a lot can be gained, and if you're a real writer, you can't be blighted by even the most negative classroom environment. I encourage my students to apply to creative writing programs, and to wait a year or two if possible--the older you are when you go, the more you get in return...