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Art is …passion

Posted on May 11, 2013 by admin

Jake Shimabukuro plays the tiny ukulele. He reminds us that it only has four strings. But look at how this instrument becomes an extension of his own life force. For writers, our instrument is the words; but it’s the passion … Continue reading →

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Marie Howe

Posted on May 5, 2013 by admin

This is amazing. It’s worth hearing more than once. Marie Howe is a powerful, engaging, thoughtful, funny poet, a teacher at Sarah Lawrence, and New York’s 2012- poet laureate. Threads that I think are particularly great, start at these markers … Continue reading →

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Art is … creativity…

Posted on May 4, 2013 by admin

On Being, a radio show from American Public Media, featured an interview by Krista Tippett of Rex Jung on creativity. Listen here. Fascinating. Jung distinguishes intelligence, the ability to acquire facts, from creativity, the ability to connect information in novel … Continue reading →

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Art is…

Posted on March 31, 2013 by admin

I admitted to my students last Wednesday night that after 20 years of writing I had begun taking Writers Studio classes in hopes of “bumping up my writing” into something closer to art. Which raises the questions, What is Art? … Continue reading →

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At Ease – Picasso Paints on Glass

Posted on March 9, 2013 by admin

Wonderfulness created from impishness. Pollack is in a second video at this same link. Watch him paint, wash it away saying, “I lost contact with my first painting on glass, and I started another one.” And then he, well, just … Continue reading →

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