Creativity and Chaos
What is it about creativity that manifests itself so powerfully in the human brain? I love it when I find …
Tag Archives: Melody S. Owens
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 …
Klimt’s Precipice
The iconic painting by Gustav Klimt, called “The Kiss” has been reproduced so many times that we feel we know …
Singing Praise
I have had the great benefit all my life of participating in choral music – community choruses, church and chapel …
Roman Legacy
One notices, traveling around Europe, that the Romans were everywhere. I have seen the remains of Roman walls, temples, arenas, …
STITCHES IN MIND
For anyone who has collected, or even occasionally seen, needlework samplers from the 18th and 19th centuries, it is always …
Poets' Sinews 