The great artist Betye Saar would have hit the century mark today, but she transitioned to her majestic celestial studio four days ago. Her final major work, Drifting Towards Twilight, which she created at age 96, is a transformative dreamscape--and a serene coda to a brilliant career.

"The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices." — Former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize address, 2002