Friday morning, as I stood with Scott and Pam Nolte in the Gordito's parking lot watching water cascading into the lobby of Taproot Theatre, one thing was very clear: there would be no performance of Enchanted April that night. There would be a mountain of work, sorting everything out, getting the theatre back on its …
Seeing a Master – Andrew Wyeth’s Helga
So we're taking one day a month for spiritual retreat and renewal, and I hadn't gotten to mine yet, so yesterday, I took half a day. I spent the early morning reading from the prophet Isaiah and from Matthew's gospel, then went on to Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton, and then to poetry by …
Random Snatches of April
"In the main, and from the beginning of time, mysticism has kept men sane. The thing that has driven them mad was logic." - G.K. Chesterton And here's a line from a poem from the same magazine I saw the Chesterton quote in, the fabulous The Sun. The poem is by Joe Wilkins, called "Manifesto". …
Finding Time for TED
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, …
JEFF BERRYMAN 