The Sovereign Seven, The Icon of Internal Fortitude  

The Sovereign Seven, The Icon of Internal Fortitude  Frida Kahlo (Mexico) The air in the Blue House is thick with the scent of jasmine and turpentine, but the atmosphere is heavy with something much harder: iron. A woman lies flat on her back, encased in a plaster corset that feels like a tomb, but her… Continue reading The Sovereign Seven, The Icon of Internal Fortitude  

The Sovereign Seven, The Architect of Forgiveness 

The Sovereign Seven, The Architect of Forgiveness  Nelson Mandela (South Africa) The limestone dust of Robben Island still clung to his lungs, but his eyes were fixed on a horizon no one else could see. Nelson didn’t just survive twenty-seven years of stone-breaking; he used that time to study the very architecture of his captors’ minds.… Continue reading The Sovereign Seven, The Architect of Forgiveness