A friend told me about TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) about a year ago, and I ignored him. He brought it to my attention again last week, and I finally broke down and checked it out. I'm not yet officially hooked, because I haven't had time to log the hours it will take to benefit from …
How Music Rescues
I don't know anything about Dr. Karl Paulnack, of the Boston Conservatory, but I'm thankful for him anyway. A few days ago, a friend sent me a link to an article by Paulnack, an address he gave to a group of parents about the place of music and art in the world. A classical musician, …
Twitter-Dee, Twitter-Dumb
It's fun to stay on top of things, noodling the most entertaining tweets from my Tweetdeck. But I may be reaching the cliff called Overload. If not, I can sure see it from here. Sensory overload always been an occupational hazard of living inside this particular brain. I go into libraries, stop at the door, …
Why Art Matters: Rebellion, Beauty, Life
Sorry, no great revelations coming, but as I've wandered the internet over the past couple of days, a couple of things caught my attention. A blog begun by a freelance writer here in Seattle asking the question: why does art matter? (The blog post title comes from her. Thanks, Rosie.) It was mentioned in a …
Finishing the Story: Le Theatre du Soleil
Okay, so I've got to finish the story that I seem to start for everyone, including the congregation yesterday morning, but never seem to finish. If you're following me on Twitter, you may have noticed a series of tweets on Saturday related to my daughter Amy and a particular theatre production in New York. Les …
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JEFF BERRYMAN 