Archive for November, 2009
Stairs as Piano Keyboard? A Social Experiment
IF you turn the stairs into a keyboard, will people take the stairs instead of the escalator? See the You Tube video below of piano stairs by the FunTheory.com
Fortunate Gold Award Trip to Branson (“Worth Remembering: Poetry of Our Heritage”)
Our trip as a family to Branson to claim Pop’s Gold Medal Award turned out to be a fortunate trip. The first night we dined at a Chinese Restaurant. Our fortune cookies told us: My father Erwin A. Thompson: “Your short term goal will soon be realized.” My brother Gary Thompson: “Don’t worry about the [...]
“Just Call Them Me” contemplation by Hal Manogue
The ides that our sense of self, which we usually assume to be relatively stable and enduring, is actually constructed anew each moment out of a ceaseless flux of thoughts images and sensations may be an interesting concept when we read about it, but when seen directly in meditation it becomes undeniably clear, and by [...]
Lonnie Powell Exhibit Opens at Portfolio Gallery in STL
Persistence, pastel on canvas,18×24 As an African American artist raised in Kansas City Missouri, it did not take long to see that he did not have the luxury of being just an artist. On the contrary, he had to be all things related to art and African American art. He had to be an art [...]
My Writing Mentors by Maryanne Raphael
Author Maryanne Raphael graces us with memories of her mentors. Janet __________________ My Mentors My first mentor was Grandfather Patterson who read stories to me, wrote letters to editors and typed up all the stories I made up before I learned the art of putting words on paper. He helped me appreciate my first rejection [...]
Nonfiction Writers: November Writing Month
(adapted from Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s newsletter) During November nonfiction writers get a chance to hone their skills and complete a nonfiction project during the annual Write Nonfiction in November challenge. Now in it’s third year, Write Nonfiction in November (WNFiN) isn’t a contest in the traditional sense. It’s a personal challenge to nonfiction writers to simply [...]
“Art of Critique” by Riehl & Farrow on Telling Her Stories
Critique is an art when done well–and potentially damaging when it’s not. In our fifth cycle for our Creative Catalyst column on Telling Her Stories (Story Circle Network) Stephanie Farrow and I take on this topic. “Art of Critique” is our keynote post in this cycle of three.
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