My wife Lona protects me at social gatherings from my mild prosopagnosia – difficulty in recognizing faces – by greeting friends and acquaintances by their name as soon as we meet them. I’m often uncertain of someone’s identity, even if I know him or her rather well, especially when they cross my path out of [...]
Although I marvel at creative technical achievements – a paper clip, a computer, an airplane – and appreciate how multitudes, including me, benefit from them, I am more personally drawn to creative arts – visual, written, musical – which are directed to individuals rather than groups, such as ill patients, or the population in general. [...]
Third in a series on Creativity Last week, I brought up the importance of authenticity for any creative endeavor – the voice of a writer, the idea of a scientist or the brush of an artist – and stressed the difficulty at times to be certain if a piece of art is authentic, meaning original, [...]
Part 2 of a series on Creativity: A friend looked at his wristwatch as we were finishing lunch. “1:20,” he said, “I still have some time before I have to leave.” “What a beautiful watch!” I said, more impressed with his Patek Phillipe than with the time. “Thanks,” he said. “It cost me all of [...]
“I hope not!” said my friend when I asked if her artistic 9-year-old grandson was taking art lessons. His pictures, especially of animals, showed maturity belying his young age, equal even to many I’ve seen by professional artists. But what caught my attention was neither his talent nor the quality of his art, which were [...]
The choir featured in "Sing," the Hungarian movie that won best live action short film in this year's Academy Awards, is the existing choir of the Bakáts Square Musical Primary School. The kids' remarkable story is a strong portrayal of how silence can speak louder than words. (Photo Credit: MTI, Source: http://www.origo.hu/) One of [...]
