The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

It is a rare thing to declare something perfected, an apex moment when nothing more could be improved upon. Such moments are more readily acknowledged in the world of art, individual performances or objects that in themselves transcend all previous effort, thus breaking new ground. Even old art re-interpreted becomes something new in itself in spite of its ties to the past.

It can be a test of true friendship to allow room for another’s view of what moves them, even when it might be less than artistic in your interpretation. Sometimes a few well placed “hmmm’s” are all that is...