A Swiftly Tilting "O"

I've been trying to find this for the past few days, to honor its creator Robert Indiana, a gentle soul who passed away on May 19. This morning, I found it, this photo I took of the iconic LOVE on 6th Ave, a few blocks from MOMA, in December 2015. What started as a Pop Art print in the 1960s went on to be a stamp, and then a famous sculpture duplicated around the globe in Hebrew, Chinese, Italian and Spanish. No matter your frame of mind, or the state of this swiftly tilting world, one look at those giant red letters, that slanted "O," and you can't help but smile and feel a sense of gratitude. Whether you're seeing LOVE for the first time or the 20th, in New York or Philadelphia, or one of its many worldwide locales, you have to stop and take it in, this oversized symbol of what transcends everything else in life. Because, let's face it. Without love, what have we got? Not much.