They said he painted with light. Here’s the thing though, you can’t paint with light; you have to paint with, well, paint. Anyone who is familiar with Johannes Vermeer’s paintings, however, understands what is being said here. He is renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his [...]
There are certain people in history that have changed things forever by virtue of being the first to do something of significance. Yuri Gagarin was one of those people. For centuries pundits, scientists and philosophers alike have formulated theories of what the world must look like from space. Until the 6th Century BC every [...]
Another 8 x 10” envelope arrived today, the last in a series of ten. The contents of this envelope are of no surprise. Another college has accepted my daughter Chloe, making ten of ten. The list reads like a who’s who of design schools in the country. She has worked hard and has earned [...]
The following evening email is not written by me but rather a long-time recipient of evening emails, my daughter Chloe. This is the transcript of her senior speech as she approaches graduation from University School. I sat in the crowd that day not knowing what I would hear her present to the school body. [...]
Se – (Cinema Paradiso Love Theme) Se tu fossi nei miei occhi per un giorno vedresti la bellezza che piena d’allegria io trovo dentro gli occhi tuoi e ignoro se è magia o lealtà. […]
Have you heard The Goldberg Variations? They are one of the more fascinating compositions within classical music. Written by Bach in 1741, it is a body of work that has remained tremendously popular within the classical idiom despite its length of 80 or so minutes and is one of very few compositions that was [...]
Dave had a new, almost permanent feature by this time. A toothy smile that he had developed somewhere between now and the time I last saw him when he packed his meager belongings, most of it musical gear, into his humble car and made the three day road trip from Racine, Wisconsin to what would [...]
Narrow daylight entered my room Shining hours were brief Winter is over Summer is near Are we stronger than we believe? […]
Imagine a boy Kneeling by the window Lookin’ out across the driveway at the rain Will it always rain? I remember the bells From on top of the hill And I thought they played their music just for me And day by day The rain turned to snow Now I don’t hear them anymore [...]
I have my browser set so that it opens up to cnn.com. Today I opened it up to see the photo of a seven-year old girl who had been swept away and killed in the Arkansas floods. Earlier this month I listened to a woman tell me of extreme childhood abuse and the scars [...]
