Most of us remember watching "The Sound of Music" as a child or maybe even as an adult. While I worshiped the musical, one of Julia Andrew's linos always stood out for me. She said that whenever a door is closed on someone, a window always opens. Portraitist Alan Weissman reminds me of this childhood favorite. For 16 years, he made his living as a freelance window decorator. The doors slammed shut on that business in the 1980s, when The Gap and other retail stores did away with store front showcases. Then a different "window" of opportunity flew open for the 40-something, shy, Brooklyn-born, California native.
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