Monthly Archives: May 2011
Two Pennies Left: Why The “How” of a Thing Matters
FYI, up front, this post is not about flowers. It is about content and form in art-making, conversation, and relationship. It’s about the connection of human essence and identity to the fundamental, structural realities aesthetic forms demand. It’s … Continue reading
Filed under art, Beauty, Faith and Art, Quotes, Spirituality, Writing
Trolling the Newsfeed, Choosing This Day…
What are we doing, texting these little updates? When my friend Carlos Nakar first told me about Twitter, I could not imagine anyone being interested to know I was, say, at Belle Pastry with my friend Jeffrey Crouch (for what … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging, Daily Life, Pop Culture, Social Networks, Spirituality, Technology
How to Follow Your Heart: Part 2
Start with a cup of coffee. Fast from coffee altogether. But pay attention, and let words mean something. To pay requires cost. Be quiet. Find the quiet in the noise. If no quiet can be found, then sleep, and … Continue reading
Filed under Daily Life, Faith and Art, Spirituality, Writing
How to Follow Your Heart (given that you find it first)
If I were to ask the inhabitants of Cyberspace to advise my newly minted 21-year-old son about his adult life, one of the chief answers lobbed back would be the ubiquitous charge to “follow your heart.” So, given that … Continue reading
Filed under Faith and Art, Spirituality, Writing
On the Occasion of a Son Turning 21
He’s always been a surprise. Not that the expectation for something special wasn’t there, but who this young boy I played catch with would become just wasn’t on my radar. The music piece, in a generic sense, didn’t surprise me; … Continue reading
Filed under Beauty, Daily Life, Faith and Art, Family, Theatre
