Looking up at the sky, standing by the ocean, looking down from the window of an airplane at the landscape beneath – all this gives us a “wow” kind of feeling. It is sort of an awakening, which makes us re-evaluate the perspectives of our lives from a different dimension. It makes us tune up […]
Life is not all white; life is not all black. Life is black and white with some gray shades in the middle. Today is a beautiful bright day. On a day like this, you want to grow your garden, you want to weed your garden, and you want to plant plenty of seeds. You want […]
July 26 – September 6, 2019 | Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills There is something mysterious, mesmerizing about these desert landscapes. You have to be in tune with them to truly understand and love them, for they are not pretentious; they are brutal and honest. They have no way of decorating, ornamenting, or elaborating themselves. They are absolutely truthful to express what they are, and […]
I had the opportunity to interview Blair Hurley, the author of The Devoted. Here are some highlights. Do you write for others because you have to write or for yourself only? If no one ever read my writing, I’d still write, so the primary joy and meaning comes from writing for myself. This expressive impulse comes from somewhere […]
Some days are completely white, white as a blank piece of paper, white as a brand new canvas. You can draw just about anything on it for that day. You can decide to be overjoyed or miserable. You can decide to be religious or atheist. You can be an optimist or a pessimist for that whole […]
