Good afternoon everyone! Marisol here! Today, we have a guest blogger, Donna Ranskinski from Fayetteville, NC. She is a professor from Roosevelt University in Chicago. Please enjoy.

Through My Eyes

Claude Monet was a fantastic impressionist painter when he was alive. The colors, the vibrancy of the flora and the light airy dreamlike mood Monet created was a fantasy come true. The Robin Williams film What Dreams May Come reminded me much about Monet paintings and how one can see what the want to see in heaven, much like Monet wanted to see in his paintings.Monet was a special painter because he could not see color and images like many people do. Monet was legally blind, as am I. Click to read more …

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