Marc Chagall, from Reims to High Falls

When I saw the magnificent stained glass works by Marc Chagall in the Reims Cathedral I was mesmerized, the beauty undeniable. I though about Chagall and back to the period in his life when he lived just down the road from my home in the small village of High Falls. The though that a genius whose works are revered around the world in major sites stirs my soul. It isn’t a well known fact that Chagall spent time in Ulster County yet I do understand just what might have attracted him, the light here is special, lighter. One quote of his I love is, “great art takes up where nature ends.” The change of seasons makes the little village different all the time. I am not sure where he lived during the period he spent here after fleeing Europe during WWII; it is on my list of things to discover here in the place I love, the list grows endless.