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NORTH TO FINLAND
TOWERING CLOUDS, LAKE REFLECTIONS
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Sky, 1904, oil on canvas, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
The sky is the daily bread of our eyes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals
Finnish master Aksell Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) and New England author Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) may have lived on different continents but they shared a love of nature, particularly our relationship to its everyday cycle.
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