As I expressed in an earlier post, I have come to love Dante’s Commedia more and more through rereading. In a manner almost scriptural, he
Tag: Art
Theme and Variations
Not long ago (though it seems a lifetime), I wrote about modulations. The idea that the dissonance of post-college life would eventually resolve into normalcy
Up the Ladder, Down the Ladder: on artistic affection
“He now is struck with wonder by what’s wonderful in him. Unwittingly, he wants himself; he praises, but his praise is for himself; he is
Preeminent Performance
In my “Redeeming Culture through Music” class, we were asked the following question: “Which is most important in music: the composer, the performer, or the
Three Principles
As I was practicing piano the other day, I wrote a series of three questions to ask myself as I worked on each detail: Is
Method…Writing?
Method acting is a key point in my novel. One of the characters is an actor who has become “stuck” in the role that he
