Category Archives: THE ARTS

WE ARE OBSESSED WITH CREATIVITY – AS THE WORLD EVOLVES WITH A.I.

Essays About Creativity: Top 5 Examples and 7 Prompts Originally Posted, January 11, 2024 / from the reader-supported blog “Become a Writer – Today”. When you buy through the link below, “Become a Writer – Today” may earn an affiliate commission.  Creativity helps us understand and solve problems in different ways. Discover our top essays […]

“Lost Horizon” — Is utopia a possibility? A synopsis of James Hilton’s original book.

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Lost Horizon” This book (later made into a movie) I stumbled across in my mid-twenties. Based on my love for this Ideal of a true Utopia, I later traveled to Tibet to get the feeling for the Hemilayas and Tibetian Buddhism. Enjoy this very short synopsis, presented to whet your appetite for the […]

STORIES ABOUT FRENCH KITCHENS

A FRENCH KITCHEN IN PROVENCE (EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY ETCHING)   In France, cooking at the beginning of the nineteenth century, even in the best-equipped kitchens, had very mediocre cooking equipment and the stoves were a rudimentary combination of wood or coal fires, ceramic tiles, and metal. Carême’s visualization has left us with a forceful picture of […]

Much Ado About Nothing – A Synopsis in Plain English.

Above Art is the cover art from the Dover Books edition of the original and complete play, “Much Ado About Nothing”.  We recommended this book if you want to read the original text of this play. ———   EDITOR’S NOTE: I love Shakespeare’s plays. I have been lucky enough to attend many fine performances of […]

Albert Schweitzer in Aspen – 1949

ALBERT SCHWEITZER PHOTO IN ASPEN. Albert Schweitzer in Aspen during the first week of July 1949 was significant. He was the keynote speaker for the Goethe Bicentennial Convocation, which essentially launched the Aspen Music Festival, the International Design Conference in Aspen, the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, and the foundational values that brought the best […]