Norman Rockwell's paintings always invoke a strange feeling in me. I can't quite explain what it is. It's so much centered around America and there are so many Americanisms in it. But even without that, I think it shows the trials and tribulations of humanity everywhere, with a hint of humour to show that life should not be really taken too seriously.

And as I grow older I notice small things in his painting which I seem to have missed earlier. But even then, every time I see one of his paintings, the first thing that strikes me always is his enduring and humorous take on life and humanity.

Of course, he's also painted portraits and as the article shows, many important and more realistic and tragic side of humanity, but, for me, Norman Rockwell will always be the painter who showed me very early in life, that in most of the world, we have similar struggles and challenges. And how to see life with a sense of humour, because after all, it's really for a very short time.