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 [...]
Thank you, thank you for all the happy birthday wishes I received this week on Facebook and elsewhere. As I commented in my Facebook response, having all of you as my friends is the best present I could have. When I was young, birthdays were exciting, special, my day, a day for presents and cake. [...]
“Junk,” said the garage mechanic as he tried to salvage a junky forty-year-old car. “I’ll keep some parts that may be useful and dump the rest in the junkyard.” I felt less certain about discarding useless stuff, considered junk by most people, as I sifted through the apartment of my wife’s brother, Larry, [...]
At dinner the other day, I was talking with a good friend about a variety of subjects from politics to science. I brought up the idea that science has a story-telling aspect about it and I wanted to show that by example in my book. Alaskan Eskimo pipes such as this one were [...]
