On the eve of the Summer Solstice, we pay homage to the Light. For me, the past few weeks immersing myself in Italian Renaissance painting and painters have been enlightening indeed. And refreshing. What grandeur! What noble humanism! What drama! What spectacular wealth! What a breath of Energy is its Spirit! Oh, it's easy to romanticize that important period, for sure, especially from the vantage of our current dank and dangerous age. Sure, they had their popes and potentate