Nature and Nurture
“There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.”—Émile Zola
Master of the Three Ws
A Conversation With Marcelo Daldoce, Celebrating Women, Wine and Words on Canvas
A Cast of Colorful Characters
A Conversation With Kristen Sullivan, aka Holly The Terrible, Expressing Emotions Through Vivid Personalities
Force of Nature
A Conversation With Composer Alexandra du Bois, Rendering the World's Chaos, Beauty Into Sonic Storms
Poetry In Motion
A Conversation With John Trigonis, Sharing His View of the World on the Page and the Screen
‘Mystical Artist’ Paints
from the Soul, for the Soul
A Conversation With Michelle Oravitz, Translating a World Beyond the Senses
Freeing the Spirits
Escaping a book lover's purgatory, living and writing again in a room full of muses.
Signs of the (Green) Times
Once Destined for the Dump, Street and Traffic Signs in Disrepair Upcycled by Savannah Artists
Rejecting Rejection
Rejection is not defeat, not failure—just part of, however painful and unpleasant, the process.
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of Human Imagination
Priceline founder Jay Walker's collection of books and artifacts chronicles historic achievements, inspires future creativity.
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NYT: All The Arts That’s Fit To Click- Ben Gazzara, Actor of Stage and Screen, Dies at 81
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- Music Review: Angela Meade in ‘Ernani’ at Metropolitan Opera
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Boy, ain’t that the truth.
Or, put another way by Zola, “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”
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