Yes. A powerful positive word. The most positive word. Yet everyone talks about hope. They think about hope. They pray for hope. What a powerful word hope is. Think about its dominance as the unifying and urgent supplication in President Obama’s pursuit of his American dream. What if we take it to its reasonable next […]
The Art of Compromise: Little Steven Style
April 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
How do you bring The Rascals, first known as The Young Rascals, to Broadway after all these years? When the members of this legendary group don’t even talk to each other, how can they go on stage together night after night? What do you do? Bringing in a mediator is sometimes the only way to […]
Captured
April 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Who would have thought that the one word we all urgently wanted to hear was captured? Today it is our favorite word. Exemplifying triumph over evil. Signifying justice. And emanating calm. After chaos, finally captured. That it was gloriously, triumphantly tweeted by the Boston Police Department made our hearts swell: CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. […]
Meet The Challenge
March 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This question came across my desk recently: “Creating the best visual content is always a challenge, any tips to fight this challenge?” Before I could even consider answering the question, I wanted to shake him and say: “There’s no such thing as fighting a challenge! A challenge is to be met! Deal with it – […]
Born To Run
March 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
A weak verb? All we can say is, read these lyrics: BORN TO RUN ■ Bruce Springsteen Born to Careen? Born to Dart? Born to Jog?!?!? Case closed. Image Source: Keyboard Smash Writers Lyrics Source: Bruce Springsteen official website
Silence
December 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“There are no words.” Isn’t that what people say after a tragedy? Here we are at holiday time. A time of festivity and remembrance, introspection and gratitude. Yet, at this holiday time, when we still hold hope for peace and joy, we also consider a tragedy befallen a community. And we are all a little […]
Grateful
November 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
What do we think of when we think of the word grateful? “Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don’t care, Saw my baby down by the river, knew she’d have to come up soon for air. Sweet blossom come on, under the willow, we can have high times if you’ll abide, We […]
Carefree vs. Careless
October 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Who doesn’t luxuriate in the feeling of being carefree? Didn’t we feel carefree when we were young? When dreams were unreserved and hopes high. How about now? As much as we still want to dig that carefree, easy feeling, we are older and wiser now. We don’t want to be careless and squander those good […]
Dream
January 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“I have a dream … .” These are Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous words, and the first words of a memorable speech. We are reminded of them today on this day, his day, a day that celebrates his legacy. “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons […]
Word of the Year Redux
January 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
Here is a round-up of the Word of the Year hoopla – good and bad, happy and sad – a final say of the words that you either like or that cause you to scratch your head and say, “huh?” We begin with the eagerly awaited announcement from the American Dialect Society. Its choice for […]
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