Maud's Neighbours and the house of the Unsanctified
#VisitingDay, oil on masonite, 20" x 16", Steven Rhude “If we know in what way society is unbalanced, we must do what we can to add weight to the lighter scale ... we must have formed a conception of equilibrium and be ever ready to change sides like justice, 'that fugitive from the camp of conquerors'.” - Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace Crime? Child out of Wedlock, Rughooking, Laura Kenney "So please state your name and where you come from... and let us know what inspires you about Nova Scotia." - Workshop Facilitator I'll confess it caught me off guard. Ten years ago it wouldn't have, since a general appreciation of our province's natural beauty, or traditions would have sufficed as an answer. Yet this is 2018, and my focus had been changing to something quite the opposite of conventional inspiration. The unsanctified, at least in the sense of those that were without moral or social sanction, like Maud and Everett Le