The Joy of Singing or Something Like a Star

One of my favorite activities this year—though, really, I love all my activities dearly—was singing in the Community Music School’s Vocal Chamber Choir. I enjoyed every minute with this group. The first part of the year our theme was dreams. Our songs included Gabriele Fauré’s Après un Rêve (sung in the original French), the ever […]
In Praise of Creativity

“The breathtakingly wonderful thing about [art as a reaction to the artist] is its truthfulness. Look at your work and it tells you how it is when you hold back or when you embrace. When you are lazy, your art is lazy; when you hold back, it holds back; when you hesitate, it stands there […]