Arts & Media 198 articles

Skin blistered, ignorance bliss Throat parched, humor dry Eyes tearing, heart torn Feet dragging, mind drugged Lips chapped, nerves charred   Reach out with bloodied hands For that self-aggrandized image Blown-up...

Come upon a fork in the road:   To the right: A path running through angelic paradise Birds chirping and colorful flowers without Those absurd vowel names; thought streams and Heart...

The seed of an idea (And the idea of a seed) Planted:   Work it, Man, by the sweat Of your skin and the dirt Under your fingernail; shape It, Divine...

Talk is cheap. Until you have something worthwhile to say – Then it’s priceless.   Silence is golden. Unless it’s done while blood is being spilled – Then it’s unspeakable.  ...

Mediocre instruments tend to play mediocre songs. Bland words tend to tell bland stories. And mundane people tend to perform mundane acts.   (It seems like:) We are mundane actors playing...

I first heard about The Holocaust Survivor Cookbook, an unforgettable cookbook filled with memories of survival along with treasured family recipes, from my friend Dalia Carmel of New York, when I...

These words come after.   The sophisticated might call them Experience; Let us call them After Words: Words that cannot be denied, because They come post-event and are privy to The...

As insensitive as it may sound, Sensitivity is not always synonymous With the human condition: We can very well hurt someone And remain immune to their pain.   Everything is in...

OLD PEOPLE MAKING FILMS Filmmaking is no big deal in our generation. Pensioners learn how to make movies in community centers. There are high schools where the art of communication skills...

Born pure into an impure world. And why shouldn’t a babe cry.   Birth, the greatest miracle of all – The birth of a child, the birth of An idea, the...