Blazes of Light: Looking in the Windows
The Hindu Festival of Diwali takes place this week, an event of light and color, fireworks and gifts and good …
Category Archives: Musings
Masters and Servants
The verb “To lord” is defined by the OED as “to play the lord, behave in a lordly manner, assume …
Heroic Humor
A number of years ago the wonderful writer Frank McCourt wrote an essay for the New York Times on Mother’s …
Image, Illusion and Attire
The adage “clothes make the man” – and by extension, the person – says a great deal about the nature …
Creativity and Chaos
What is it about creativity that manifests itself so powerfully in the human brain? I love it when I find …
Trash and Treasure
The good fortune of being exposed to excellence in the arts makes one wonder what it is that takes a …
Shakespeare and Ballet
William Shakespeare’s plays have be re-interpreted in so many different media over so many centuries that it would be nearly …
Generosity
Generosity is a quality that most of us desire in our lives. It is taught to us as children, most …
Transformers
My ideal sculptor, growing up, was Michelangelo. My father gave me a big heavy book filled with photographs for an …
Cinderella Dreams
What is it about stories that improve with repetition? Nearly every culture has its narratives, and the retelling of a …
Poets' Sinews 