Puebla, Mexico 19th-20th century

Editor: This watercolor sketch is titled "Puebla, Mexico" by Denman Waldo Ross and it's housed at the Harvard Art Museums. The muted colors create such a tranquil, almost dreamlike atmosphere. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It whispers of fleeting moments, doesn't it? Ross captures the essence of a bustling plaza with such gentle strokes. The figures, mere suggestions of people, blend into the landscape, like ghosts in a memory. Editor: I hadn’t thought of them as ghosts! Curator: It makes me wonder about the transience of experience and the way we perceive places through the filter of our own subjectivity. It's like he's asking us, "What does 'Puebla' mean to *you*?" A lovely invitation to reflect. Editor: It certainly is a shift of perspective. Thanks! Curator: My pleasure! Perhaps we all carry our own Pueblas within us, don't you think?