Art for Life

Music is a type of art that connects straight to the heart for me; something that all art should do. The musician interprets the markings on a page (and spaces in-between) and connects with the hearts of the listeners. Cellist Yo Yo Ma is one such musician. I want to...

The Power of Pairs

Last week, I listened to an interview at Jonathan Field’s Good Life Project, with Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of a provocative new book called Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs Ipaid link). In the book (which I’m now...
What is Good Photography?

What is Good Photography?

In his fabulous talk at Google (see video below), photographer Chris Orwig asks us to think about this question (at the 5:30 mark). My immediate answer is that good photography makes me feel something and that feeling is conveyed through the visual design of the...