Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

This sculpture reminds me of growing up on Chicago’s South Side in the 1970s. I  learned a lot—and not just from the Brothers at my all-boys Catholic high school. Back then the world was populated by peculiar adults, oddball classmates, and puzzling girls—the greatest mystery of all. 


Going to Catholic grade school, high school - even Catholic MBA university, I can really relate to the book by this name. The protagonist, Eddie Ryan  takes it all in through the prism of his Catholic upbringing, which often deepens the mystery, but sometimes clarifies it, too. 

This photograph is from a refection in my shoes.  Just kidding.