Pisa--Italy 4 1964

This is Robert Frank's photographic work-strip, "Pisa--Italy 4," and it's a study in seeing. Think about how Frank might have felt, wandering around Pisa, a camera slung over his shoulder, the light bouncing off the stones. The Leaning Tower appears in the strip, of course, but it's more than just a postcard subject. It's a prompt, a way of thinking about balance and imbalance, about the precariousness of things. Look at how the images jostle each other, a sequence of instants that capture the energy of a place. One photo bleeds into the next and becomes a part of a wider conversation, an exchange of ideas, a meditation on impermanence. It reminds me that artists, in all disciplines, are in an ongoing dialogue, remixing and reimagining the world around them. It feels hopeful.