Quote for Today: Italo Calvino
Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there. The …
Quote for Today: Alice Munro
A story is not like a road to follow … it’s more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while, wandering back and forth and settling …
Unearthly Appetites: Italo Calvino’s The Distance of the Moon
Humanity crosses increasing distances searching for new territory to explore. Is the distance between and within us threatening our survival? Italo Calvino published Cosmicomics, a book of fantastic short stories …
Window on the Universe: The Hubble Space Telescope Turns 25
Deep space photography explores the craftsmanship of the cosmos. Where do we draw the dividing line between art and science? On April 24, 1990, the Discovery Shuttle mission STS-31 launched the Hubble Space …
Quote for Today: Robert Green Ingersoll
Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book, and creed, and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free. Mankind will be enslaved until there is mental grandeur …
Quote for Today: Emily Danforth
Then, one on either side, they walked me to the shore, which was black and endless. But there was a fire waiting. And there was a little meal laid out …
Quote for Today: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quote for Today: André Gide
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ―André Gide
I Don’t Know How to Thank You: Synkroniciti’s Second Open Mic Soars
Spirits soared at last week’s Open Mic. Would you like to be part of the community we are building? Last Sunday, synkroniciti hosted our second Open Mic, exploring the theme of …
Quote for Today: Alvaro Siza
Every child likes to take a pencil to make a mark. Everybody makes beautiful things when they are three, four, or five years old. Most people lose that spontaneity; I …