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 [...]
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 [...]
I am a simple gardener–I spade, sow, seed, water, then I plant and wait. Loving variety, I am also an eclectic gardener, never like Secret Garden’s Frances Hodgson Bennett’s garden where three hundred coral-pink roses bloomed. Three hundred roses on my fifty by seventy-five foot plot would require me to move my house, although I [...]
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, [...]
An article on tolerance got me thinking about Judith Levine and Peter Singer, two people I’d rather not think about. Levine suggests that sex between children and adults in some circumstances is not only okay but actually a good thing for the child. She says most kids will say yes to sexuality at some point [...]
She stood in front of the mirror and gave herself a hard look. She searched the old face not particularly shocked with the amount of gray that had increased from the last time she actually looked at herself this way. She noted the crease between her mouth and her chin. The skin was beginning to [...]
Ninety times Rembrandt van Rijn asked the question, ‘Who is Rembrandt?’ And ninety times he answered himself for all the world to see. In commemoration of his 400th birthday on June 15, 2006, I spent the 4th of July with Rembrandt, another independent artist who valued his freedom. Criticized often for poor drawing technique, held [...]
Loving Art and Conversing with Artists - Having spent decades in Corporate America, living in the artists’ world has brought many delightful surprises and some horrifying questions. I am continually amazed by the questions friends, family, strangers, fellow artists, neighbors, and service providers ask me. Here are some examples of the worst questions that I hope [...]
