“Haunting” Featured Artist Joseph R. Larsen
Synkroniciti is pleased to welcome Houstonian poet Joseph R. Larsen with two atmospheric poems. “Horseman on a Road” is an elegant, romantic villanelle. This is a famously difficult form with …
Quote for Today: Ariel Gore
When we strike a balance between the challenge of an activity and our skill at performing it, when the rhythm of the work itself feels in sync with our pulse, …
Quote for Today: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
In principle any skill or discipline one can master on one’s own will serve: meditation and prayer if one is so inclined; exercise, aerobics, martial arts for those who prefer …
Quote for Today: Malcolm Gladwell
In life, most of us are highly skilled at suppressing action. All the improvisation teacher has to do is to reverse this skill and he creates very ‘gifted’ improvisers. Bad …
Look and Listen #16: Kerry James Marshall
American painter Kerry James Marshall talks about his strategy to raise his aesthetic into mainstream art, to paint the things he values in the world. What we focus on as …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #34: Digital Atrist Durjoy Kumar Datta from Bangladesh
Day 34 of the Globe-trotting Travel Series features Durjoy Kumar Datta of Bangladesh with a digital drawing entitled “CORONA MONSTER Which Attacked the City”. This is presented in high-octane time …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #25: The Covid-19 Fugue by Nicholas Papadimitriou
Day 25 of the Globe-travelling Travel Series takes us to Amsterdam, where composer Nicholas Papadimitriou, born in Athens, Greece, has used his quarantine time to create an impressive and satisfying …
Quote for Today: Rasheed Ogunlaru
Any fool can break something, criticise someone and tear things apart. It takes a far more skilled, wise and kind soul to build something, nurture someone, fix things and help …
Quote for Today: Zhuangzi
A beam or pillar can be used to batter down a city wall, but it is no good for stopping up a little hole – this refers to a …
Floating on Water: The Medieval Art of Ebru
Traditional art forms remain astounding and disarmingly beautiful in an era dominated by technology. What makes this art so beguiling? Ebru, a form of paper marbling, is an ancient art that originated …