I am definitely not a Shakespearean scholar. I have difficulty trudging through the Old English verbiage, but I cannot deny that the renowned bard was a great artist. His plays were the foundation for countless renditions of original plots that flowed from his imagination and have continued to fuel story lines to this day. Understanding his writing is essential to understanding literature. It’s just that I prefer to witness this artistry visually. The production enables … Read More
Several years ago I began to practice yoga. At first, my type “A” personality prevented me from understanding the meaning proffered by this ancient discipline. Staying in the moment was not a concept I embraced. Life was all about productivity and tangible results. I look back now on the parent teachers night that my husband and I attended at my daughter’s kindergarten Montessori school in the late 80’s and remember how we looked at … Read More
I wrote my final thesis in college on Vincent Van Gogh and the impact that the color yellow had on his paintings. It seems counterintuitive that this color, a symbol of optimism, is so pervasive in the creations of such a tortured soul. Perhaps it can be attributed to his passion for work and need to see the possibility of beauty in the every day detail of life, a sunflower, a starry sky, or a … Read More
Thanksgiving is over. We are on the cusp of December. There is a transformation at this time of year. The air is crisp, clean and clear. The winter solstice is near. In N.Y.C., the Rockettes kick their way through a seamless parade of wooden soldiers at Radio City Music Hall; dancers soar through gravity defying moves in the traditional Nutcracker Suite Ballet at Lincoln Center and the famous Christmas tree, glowing with 30,000 lights, rises … Read More
When I was a teenager, I was very taken by the work of D.H. Lawrence. I was particularly enamored by the novel Sons and Lovers and I fell in love with a passage in the book where Gerald schools Hermione on how to eat a fig. All of Lawrence’s poetic writing was ripe with passion. He said:
“Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got … Read More