Painting above: Alphonse Osbert, Solitude du Christ, 1897 I only recently decided to make a recording of the French chanson Ma Solitude, a song I have known and loved for most of my adult life. But singing it live with my trio for a couple of months now, has deepened my perception of and connection […]
Desiderata by Max Ehrmann (1927) Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their […]
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. ~ John F. Kennedy In the quiet of a virgin morning, it feels […]