Princess Salomé was a woman ruled by desire and a relentless need to avenge. Driven to overcome earthly rejection, her perverse demand for the head of John the Baptist cannot...
Princess Salomé was a woman ruled by desire and a relentless need to avenge. Driven to overcome earthly rejection, her perverse demand for the head of John the Baptist cannot...
René Magritte, the most influential Belgian artist of the 20th century, never explained anything. Nor did he ever analyze. Especially his own highly thought-provocative work. It speaks for itself.
The night, a cold wintry one in New York. The air is biting and raw on Riverside Drive when we get back at 2:00 AM. No doorman on duty. The...
In 1984, Berlin was a city divided, a city still rebuilding from the war. The democratic West existed as a landlocked island within communist East Germany. It was in fact...
Prague has always been a special place. At the end of World War II, when the Allies' bombs destroyed Dresden, the west decided to save Prague. The city thus survived...
Visiting Carmel, I grow nostalgic. Both Tor House and its tower are imposing structures built of solid stone. Robinson Jeffers, a renowned poet and environmentalist, lived and wrote there last...
A writer naturally befriends other writers. Goes with the territory. Personally, I always enjoy these relationships. Share a little, learn a lot. I can’t recall feeling challenged by others who write.
Four mud-sculpture statues with expressionist faces of clay – one male, three female. Full lips. Wide-open demonstrative eyes; their gaze frozen. All hankering to speak out. But they cannot.