Continue Reading Left-Overs There is a joyful aspect of not selling all of the art at your exhibits. You get to hang the left-overs in…
Continue Reading Silencio Blanco Puppets bring joy. They make you feel, even more than they make you think. So do the puppeteers, particularly those who have made…
Continue Reading That which brings Joy My plate is overly full this coming week, so I will keep it simple in the days ahead. I will photograph things…
Continue Reading Pure Magic So far this week we’ve discussed cheerleaders, animals on stage, ballet dancers, puppets and such. It’s time, then, to turn to another…
Continue Reading Puppets and such (Photos courtesy of Lorenzo Mella) In honor of Boom Arts’ upcoming performance of CHIFLÓN: EL SILENCIO DEL CARBÓN (The Silence of Coal), created and…
Continue Reading Shout Out for the Art Critic Our family had an imaginary friend, the Legozwerg, who could be plied with nuts, left out overnight, to produce some pretty amazing Lego…
Continue Reading Live on Stage I have not been lucky enough to see a live performance of War Horse, but I was always intrigued by the puppetry that…
Continue Reading What Room does Fear have Shrove Monday was celebrated with large carnivals and costume parades where I grew up. Heuer the drama queen (or pirate, as the…
Continue Reading Swan Song After a particularly trying episode of whooping cough my sister and I were dragged to the Black Forest to “take the air.”…
Continue Reading Andantino One of the most beautiful pieces of music I know is Schubert’s posthumously published Sonata D 959 – 2nd part of a trilogy, all…