Ferris Bueller aside, sometimes you really do just have to step off of the treadmill of life and contemplate something amazing. This 1977 six-panel stained glass series -- the "America Windows" -- was presented to Chicago's Art Institute by Marc Chagall to commemorate the American Bicentennial and in memory of Mayor Richard J. Daley. (And yes, they were featured in Mr. Bueller's big day off movie.) They were removed for a few years during the construction of the Art Institute's Modern Wing; they have been back since 2010 and are beautiful, bright and liberating -- and this is only a camera phone photo so imagine their true glory.
If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing. -- Marc Chagall (quote courtesy of www.brainyquote.com).
