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The Mystery of the Empty Bed 12 Feb 2012 | 02:45 pm
Lilo Raymond was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1922. She escaped to the U.S. when the Nazis seized power. She was involved in the Greenwich Village art scene in NYC.Raymond started learning photograph...
A Modern Renaissance Man: Interview with Writer and Playwright Ryan George 30 Jul 2011 | 12:22 pm
Writer and playwright Ryan George is a modern Renaissance man whose style resembles those of Woody Allen and Oscar Wilde. In this interview, Ryan George talks about which creative habits he sticks to,...
Where Do Good Ideas Come from? 25 Jul 2011 | 02:02 am
Have you ever wondered where good ideas come from? Writer and speaker Steven Johnson tries to answer this question by using different methods. Johnson’s big-brained, multi-disciplinary theories make h...
Remembering Childhood: The Girl Who Ate the Bread for the Birds 11 Jun 2011 | 03:23 am
I don’t know when I became obsessed with childhood, or rather my own childhood. I’m drawn to it more and more, in search of something I feel I have to find. It was not that I had an extraordinary chil...
Bridges Are Not For Burning 7 Jun 2011 | 05:36 am
And bridges are meant for burnin’ When the people and memories they join aren’t the same This is what Jim Croce says in Lover’s Cross, but clearly, not all bridges are for burning. I like Croce’s song...
A Room In New York or Rooms By the Sea? 7 Jun 2011 | 05:20 am
Edward Hopper was a true New Yorker. His home and studio were in the heart of the city, and every day, he woke up to an urban setting of desolate streets, rented rooms, cheap hotels, offices, movie th...
Are You Treating Your Goals As Irrevocable Contracts? 1 Oct 2010 | 01:00 am
Parents, teachers, therapists, and coaches repeat the virtue and the glory of goals. You preach them to yourself, too. So do I. But let’s stop for a moment, take off our glasses and wear a different p...
What Questions Would You Ask Your Creative Role Model? 28 Sep 2010 | 12:53 am
Let’s say you suddenly had an incredible opportunity to talk to one of your idols—someone you really admire because that person creates things that matter to you. That person might be an artist, autho...
Do You Know How to Be Like Janus? 3 Sep 2010 | 09:56 pm
At the end of each year, I fall into the same old trap and drown myself in a pool of zillion resolutions and to-do lists. Sometimes, I wish I were like Janus. Then, I could use two heads and two minds...
The Mystery of the Seven Original Deadly Sins 26 Aug 2010 | 10:58 pm
If you commit these seven deadly sins, your artistic soul might end up in creatives’ hell—a black and white place devoid of joy, inspiration, creative expression, and sheer fulfillment. I don’t want y...
