Norman Rockwell's 11th Hour Stay of Execution

A Dialogue with a Reader's Passionate Reaction to Rockwell's Demise (Vol. 2; Issue 46)

The Beware-of-Thanksgiving-Expectations issue, posted the day before the famously controversial holiday, elicited more than a few negative reactions from readers. They deserve a response and, more, a few, limited reflections on the meaning of art. As you may recall, I used Rockwell’s famous painting, Thanksgiving Dinner, as a vehicle for discussing how …