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by Pamela Lamp
January 18, 2019
in Creativity, Travels
tags Art Institute of Chicago, artist, Chicago, Lindsay Mican Morgan, museum, Thorne Miniature Rooms, Travel
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Lindsay Mican Morgan Art Institute of Chicago Thorne Rooms

Lindsay Mican Morgan – Chicago’s Thorne Miniature Rooms

by Pamela Lamp
January 18, 2019
in Creativity, Travels
tags Art Institute of Chicago, artist, Chicago, Lindsay Mican Morgan, museum, Thorne Miniature Rooms, Travel
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On my first visit, I almost missed them. Tucked downstairs, beneath the main staircase, out of the way of the crowds, I stumbled upon an assortment of tiny creations. Playful, charming, interesting, evocative, fun, and, some even say, “cute.” “They are the most powerful form of educational cuteness there is,” their caretaker laughs. In the 1930’s, Chicago artist Mrs. James Ward Thorne, and her team of exacting artisans, constructed tiny,

by Pamela Lamp
August 25, 2018
in Creativity, How Does This Work?, Self Study
tags change is good, Chicago, Lauren Lowe, relationships, Tarot
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Lauren Lowe – Full-Time Attorney, Part-Time Tarot Reader

by Pamela Lamp
August 25, 2018
in Creativity, How Does This Work?, Self Study
tags change is good, Chicago, Lauren Lowe, relationships, Tarot
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Tarot card readings? I think of women in flowing robes. Heaps of bracelets on their arms and rings on every finger. Giving off touchy-feely vibes in candlelit rooms and making predictions about the future I’d rather not hear. “Not necessarily so,” says Lauren Lowe. Many people believe tarot readers, with magical powers, peer into the great unknown and advise us what to do or not do. Their actual task is