What Did Your Family Think?
Was ‘creativity’ a bad word in your family when you were growing up? Or was it a badge of honor? What did you do with…
Category: Blog
There was only one thing to do. We broke in.
At the extraordinary James Turrell exhibition at Pace London, I felt as if I was falling back in time. I’ve shared so many conversations with…
Stealing an Interview with Vik Muniz in Rome
I brought no Italian to Rome. At the Brazilian Embassy, I tell the guard that I am to see the great artist Vik Muniz. The…
The Secret That Mary Poppins Taught Me.
I was having was one of those days and life was bringing changes that tinted my spirits blue. I turned to the TV, hoping to…
Starting To Fly
Launch. The very word made me queasy. What was a launch anyway? And why does everyone have one but me? “But didn’t you already launch?”…
The Start Of His Journey
His name was Henrik. He’d been an artist in Hungary until he faced the stark reality that there were no opportunities there. London has the…
What’s Your Story?
Though we’d never met before, I was just as excited as if I were meeting an old friend. She’d read my blog post about the…
Don’t Wait Until You Say Goodbye
I’ve just returned from the funeral of my dear friend Evan. Saying good-bye has got to be one of the most difficult challenges we face…
Meet Working Artist Donna Skaropoulou
Donna Skaropoulou is a painter. Originally from the U.K., she traveled to Greece in her early twenties, and there fell in love with the sounds,…
My Landlady is an Angel
I’d moved to England three years earlier, living in a small town in the country. It was pretty, but also pretty lonely. Facebook was my…
