In some countries, constant noise is used as a form of torture. Sometimes I wonder if my family hasn’t studied up on this technique, and isn’t using me as their guinea pig. OK, maybe that’s over the top. Still, the last …
My Sketchbook Project 2012: tree•house
On Tuesday, I sent my Sketchbook Project 2012 off to the Brooklyn Art Library. I have such an affinity for the Art House Co-op and the Sketchbook Project. The grassrootsiness of their mission resonates with me. The theme I chose for …
How would you prefer to go?
This weekend, I heard a segment on NPR’s Sunday edition of All Things Considered about The Final Works of Famous Composers. Guy Raz interviewed composer and writer Jan Swafford who’d studied the final works of a number of famous composers …
What Happens When You Don’t Quit
The other day my daughter challenged me to a game of chess. She’d never played before, but we got a new set for Christmas and my husband had spent some time teaching her the pieces and how each moves. “The …