Moving To Philadelphia

A link to this week's photos. This week's title is also the title of the Song of the Week, an introspective folk autoharp cover of the hit by Asia, featuring phonetically interpreted (probably wildly inaccurate) lyrics. The title also refers to a creative impulse, an impulse that is not logical but driven by passion, even compulsive, such as the motivation compelling Cynthia to carefully illustrate every item of clothing (including accessories such as shoes, hats, and bags) in her wardrobe, ostensibly to serve as an antidote to emotionally-driven clothing shopping. Roz Chast serves as an inadvertent inspiration to Cynthia's drawing "style" which is almost completely devoid of craft or skill, but rather emanating from a childish delight, an innocent and impractical singleness of purpose, a joy that is more challenging to access when professional (and by extension survival) concerns begin to overwhelm one's creative practice. Jeff has evolved beyond such existential crises in his creative work for money; Cynthi