Charles Geschke, co-founder of Adobe Systems, Inc., said, Our only cleverness was in the perception of what was happening, and in being quick enough to take advantage of it. Seriously into 2012, have you thought of giving your leadership a mental tuneup? What am I talking about? Give your whole year so far a going [...]
Concerned volunteers are now sending letters to key politicians to help save Ontario Place. Several months ago, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced the closure of Ontario Place, which is a historical landmark. Plans are now under way to replace this public space with a privately run casino. Presently, a lot of concerned citizens are mobilizing to [...]
As a writer, I question a lot of things – especially if the information may fit my latest writing project. It seems to me that the folks who speak the loudest – often do that for no reason at all. On the other hand, those individuals who have gentle, tentative speech are those who seem [...]
Mind & Body Tune-up: Have you been thinking you need to do something? You don’t get restful sleep. Your stomach, digestive system is so fouled up you’ve got tablets at home, at work, in the car and you hate it when you forget to put them in your pocket. Would you be surprised, like I am, [...]
Joanna Clapps Herman tells it like it was for so many Italians growing up in America in the twentieth century. Every story becomes more telling than the next—what a grounding read. Here, Herman feeds and waters memories now that those who made those memories are nearly all gone and all the important old ones are [...]
Artist Paul Cezanne spoke to the question when he said: “A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. Emotion is the starting point, the beginning and the end. Craftsmanship and technique are in the middle.” You may remember reading that the first time I saw a photograph of Jean Moulin, [...]
Is there a typical male art buyer? No more and no less than there is a typical male clothing buyer or car buyer. That still means they buy like men and not like women. Do more men buy animal scenes and sports-related art? Certainly. Still, most men truisms never equate to every man realities. So, [...]
As a buyer, I know that buying art is the most exciting event. As a buyer, I know that I enjoy every piece of part I have purchased every single day of my life as I give it admiring glances as I pass by. Every once in a while for no particular reason, a painting [...]
How Your Art Reveals You. Your art tells your secret personality. Look around at the art you choose to display on the walls of your home. See what colors repeat again and again. See what story your art tells about you. For example,my home sparkles with red, yellow and blue, as do my paintings. Each [...]
I would like to ask Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich a question. Up until now, the Republican Party has talked about fighting the deficit without tax increases. Since 2008, they have also fought US health reform while the rest of us in world actually have a free universal healthcare system which is not the best, but [...]
