On Gathered Leaves: An Open Letter to Sonia Del Re and Kirsten Appleyard of the National Gallery of Canada

🫧 Open on Bubbles Today, July 9, 2026, I had the pleasure of pre-recording a conversation with Dr. Sonia Del Re, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Canada, for The Blue Hour . The interview will air on Tuesday, July 14, at 2 p.m. Pacific on CiTR 101.9 FM . In anticipation of that conversation, I wanted to return to a letter I sent last fall, after having had the privilege of giving docent tours of Gathered Leaves at the Audain Art Museum in Whistler. The reflection below also g