CONNECTIONS

Years ago I experienced divorce first-hand and it was awful. Emotionally crippling and physically debilitating, I found myself believing...

If you’re like me, you were probably raised to observe old-fashioned values and good manners: be fair, be kind, be patient, be a...

On a recent drive home from visiting my oldest and dearest friend, I had a revelation. Old friends really are the fountain of youth. As...

No one likes to make mistakes. In fact, we can be downright haunted by them. Mistakes have the power to make us feel foolish, expose our...

They’re always out there…   People who not only seek to knock you off of the path you’re navigating, but people who find pleasure in...

photo credit: http://www.apa.com None of us are strangers to stress. We face it at work and at home, in various stages of the day and in...

I have a friend who is a scenic artist. She’s smart and incredibly talented, and has worked on films starring big names like Will Smith,...

I’ll never forget the sound of laughter coming from my grandmother’s bathroom years ago as she finished getting ready for one of our...

No matter how many times my daughter and I have visited, Disney World never loses its magic for either of us. So when we recently...

Earlier this week, after a long day of work, I cut through the mall to reach my car and head home. I did what any pleasant but...

Years ago, when I was a decorative painter, a client called me for help with a unique challenge. She and her husband had built an...

Whether you’re an artist, a homemaker or an accountant, in order to live a creatively charged life you have to find...

The alarm goes off, again, at the crack of a weekday morning’s dawn. You wake up and methodically move to the bathroom, then to the...

When it comes to creativity, an artist’s focus is critical to his/her ability to produce good work. When I’m “on,” when I’m enmeshed in...

Ludwig van Beethoven, Vincent van Gogh and Virginia Woolf all had something in common. They all suffered from depression. There have been...

A live arts experience can be fleeting. A play or concert might only last two hours. A poetry reading – even less. A visit to a museum...

We are not created equal. Some of us are more graceful than others. Some don’t just sing a song – they emote it. And some of us create...

We live in a world where a quick, temporary fix is often chosen over a long-term, more permanent solution to a challenge. Sadly, Broadway...

The homeless… Hidden in plain sight, we often walk right by these unfortunate souls, avoiding their eyes as much as we avoid any thought...

When it comes to performing, when are artists at their best?  Is it in youth, when bodies are limber and compliant with the physical and...