For all my focus on the arts of the past, I do have a healthy appreciation for the arts of the present as well. Friend of “Stalking the Belle Époque,” Madonna, brought the work of
Dalton Ghetti to my attention. The Connecticut carpenter uses a sewing needle, a razor blade and a sculpting needle to craft these amazing miniature sculptures into the graphite of pencils. The work is truly amazing! The painstaking concentration this must take is proof that the seeds of our new Belle Époque have been planted.
