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Feeling Bright Start With Art - No. 7 or No. 11, 1949 by Mark Rothko

Feeling Bright? Start With Art – No. 7 or No. 11, 1949 by Mark Rothko

April 22, 2026

If Rothko couldn't choose a name for his painting (or technically a number...), then you don't have to pack with just one accent color.

I'm sure Rothko never, once, worried about what he packed. But we aren't modern art geniuses, so we think about these things!

Let's start here - this feels SO MUCH like warm weather to me:

As soon as she saw this painting, she saw this color palette...

Our heroine is committed to denim, and chambray. For many of us, that's a sensible choice. It's readily available, in every style imaginable, and if you care for it properly, denim is a true "buy it for life" fabric.

I have jeans that are going to be with me until the end...

So when our heroine has to go away for a ... View the Post

04.22.26 12 Comments

Tags: denim, Six Pack, Start with Art, travel capsule wardrobe
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