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Archive for October, 2010

War Poetry Contest

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

My student, Jenny Overman is a finalist in the War Poetry Contest. Out of over 600 submissions, she is in the top 5%. Go Jenny!

Woof?

Friday, October 8th, 2010

MY daughter wanted an adventure after graduating college so she signed up for WWOOF – world wide organization of organic farms. How cool, right? She’s a great cook, a foodie too, so why not walk the walk? The trouble started before she left home – on Friday afternoon an e mail arrived informing her that [...]

Energy is Everything

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

I’m starting to believe that good art is impossible to categorize or analyze. (Even though we all know that academics will never tire of the attempt to do so.) What works, why something speaks to us is simple: Energy. It’s an energy that breaks through any media: Film, music, poetry, painting. Be honest: can you [...]