
October 2026 · 6 min
Four Years on the Scaffold
Michelangelo wrote a sonnet complaining that his beard pointed to heaven and his brush dripped onto his face.
Yet from that discomfort came the most influential ceiling in history.

Michelangelo wrote a sonnet complaining that his beard pointed to heaven and his brush dripped onto his face.
Yet from that discomfort came the most influential ceiling in history.