Good Old Laughter In Times of Sadness

Gerard van Honthorst, 1623, The Concert. Owned by a family in France, it was bought by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. for an undisclosed sum

Humour…. a candle in the darkest times, a balm in a broken world.

I love and adore humour—not the condescending or cruel kind that looks down on people and mocks their weaknesses from a pedestal hig…