I’ve known Jenna for 25 years- her mom occasionally picked me up and took me to dance class with Jenna and her sister when I was a young dancer, and we sang together in school until I graduated. Jenna and I talked and laughed and caught up over wine and snacks and a two-mile w...
Under the warm down comforter, I settle in to welcome these strangers and their perspectives speaking to me in the dark. There is something intimate about being the only person listening to a speaker through headphones. It is a very personal experience (if you can put aside the fact that th...
Charan says the brain works as designed when you forget where you put your keys, even when holding them in your hand. The links to memory get erased over time, especially with similar, overlapping experiences. His answer to forgetting is to accept it. Your brain is doing what it is suppos...
” She began writing her own songs in the Seventies, which can be found on albums like That Girl From Ipanema and Astrud Gilberto Now. Astrud also acted, appearing in The Hanged Man and Get Yourself a College Girl. She recorded the soundtrack for The Deadly Affair, working with Quincy ...
My mother was a classical music snob. My first musical memory must be when I put my hand through the mangle of the washing machine. My mother first put Chopin’s Preludes on the record player and then me on her lap. “Listen to that piano playing,” she ordered. ...
balancing emotional happiness and worldviews. We should perform rather than form extreme opinions and fall victim to prejudiced traits. If your opinion leads to prejudice and discrimination, you may have a spiritual disorder. The easiest cure is to put yourself in others’ shoes to understand their...
“Les noces de Prométhée” (Marriage of Prometheus) are proceeding well at Weimar and Jena; we shall pay particular attention to the 4 harps, the saxophones, etc. But what is of the greatest consequence is yourself. I have announced your coming at the Court and in the town. A revoir ...
“Partnering with Atlantic is so personal to me and not just another business to invest in,” Welch said in a statement at the time. “I know what it feels like to live at the bottom of a dark pit, but I also know if you put in the work, the light will come back on, and ...
In these times we are submerged in an eddy of information and opinion, causing us to either fight against the current or just go along. It doesn’t have to be those two extremes. Empathy for the other person requires us to try to put ourselves in their place; attempt to at least consi...
She explained in interviews that during the shoot, Pattinson was sick with horrendous flu. The coughing and sneezing really put her off getting up close with the actor. She even once described it as "green and disgusting." Okay, we get it. That’s pretty damn gross. The actor a...