On Suffering and “Werther”

March 11, 2014

A number of years ago I had the good fortune of hearing Alfredo Kraus sing Werther at the San Francisco …

The “Aged P”

February 23, 2014

How often in one’s life does one get the chance to live out, even test, something one has long loved …

February 18, 2014

1. Design a set in which, for two acts, there is a pit (disguised as a lake) taking up two-thirds …

February 12, 2014

Snow serenity Falling Hiroshige-style, Big grey cities hushed A recent visit to the Art Institute in Chicago allowed me the …

January 27, 2014

At the Museé des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle in Alençon, France, there are works made of linen and air …

January 20, 2014

The wonderful and wise teacher and designer Sally Melville writes and speaks quite often about the art and craft of …

January 10, 2014

In my Catholic girlhood angels were omnipresent, rosy babies flying on the cathedral ceiling, plaster men with wings and sandals …