Category: Art & Beauty

  • October Letter: Loneliness

    October Letter: Loneliness

    Dear friend, Do you ever feel lonely? Do you ever feel isolated, divorced from other beings, divorced from the world itself? “No man is an island,” but what if one feels like one? Do you ever long for the things you imagine others do in togetherhood, ashamed because you do not, yet helpless as to…

  • Wouldn’t it be loverly?

    Wouldn’t it be loverly?

    Dear friends, It’s been a long day, week, month, year for me, and perhaps for you as well. Words whirl within me, yet, recently, it’s been difficult to transcribe them onto the page. Due to this and due to the brevity of time I’ve had, today’s post will be shorter. Yet, I hope, still of…

  • A September Letter: The Tune of Beauty

    A September Letter: The Tune of Beauty

    Dear friends, Life is fickle, is it not? As I mentioned in my last post, grappling with uncertainty is hard. And there are many unknowns these days. I know this to be true in my own life. Unknowns — delay, despair, death — wreak chaos… and how can one edify chaos? How can one live…

  • Hands

    Hands

    Hands are my favorite physical attribute we humans possess. A rather odd statement, one might reply, but allow me to explain. Although the creases and shadows surrounding an eye or the curve of a mouth can reveal a person’s emotional state, hands reveal something deeper. Within the folds of a palm and position of fingers,…

  • An Ephiphany of Music

    An Ephiphany of Music

    In the halls of the grand Czech museum, I stood, gazing at a quote on the wall (“Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress.” ~ Milan Kundera). Suddenly, I felt my inner world hush as the first notes of a song drifted…

  • The Legacy of Love Letters (& a special interview)

    The Legacy of Love Letters (& a special interview)

    Communication has developed drastically over the past century. Letters are, to the modern eye, a token of the past, a sentimentality to admire for several moments but not worthy of deep consideration. In the sphere of social media, individuals bask in brevity. People send quick texts, rash rants, reminders; it’s fast and furious. There is…