Adoptees like me who were relinquished during the era of closed adoption have a hard time explaining to others why the arrangement shouldn’t be glorified. Getting people to understand that the Pollyanna narrative around the arrangement is based on flawed assumptions and that growing up not knowing our true selves has caused emotional harm is … Continue reading
The 26-foot Seward Johnson statue of Marilyn Monroe on display in Stamford, CT, is getting a ton of media attention, but it’s just one of 36 lifelike cast-bronze sculptures by the artist on view throughout the city this summer. Here are a few others that caught my eye.