Quote for Today: Steve Goodier
I’m convinced that the world, more than ever, needs the music only you can make. And if it takes extra courage to keep playing in spite of your loss, many …
Quote for Today: John Donne
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, …
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 …
Quote for Today: Lynn Hersha
What angers me is the loss of control. At any moment someone could come to me, be dressed the right way and use the right code, and I no longer …
Quote for Today: Mark Twain
Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child’s loss of a doll and a king’s loss of a crown are events of the same …
Quote for Today: Sitting Bull
When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? …
Voice of Shadows: Mariza’s Cavaleiro Monge
This is quite simply one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. If you are familiar with Portuguese fado, you are aware of the passion, powerful voice and …
Remembering Jean Stapleton: Rebel in a Housedress from Emancipation Conversation
Jean Stapleton may be remembered as the dingy but long-suffering Edith Bunker, possessing a voice that could scratch glass in the rendition of Those Were the Days that opened the Archie Bunker …
Quote for Today: Judy Garland
How strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child. ― Judy Garland
Glimpses through the Ocean Fog: Selkie, A Sea Tale
How can we allow the arts to reveal deeper understanding? By releasing the desire to evaluate and cultivating enchantment. Over the holiday weekend I attended Divergence Vocal Theater’s CD release …