The Misunderstandings of Artists

I cannot make you want to create, nor can God.  That desire can come from you alone, deep, jagged and soft as silk run against your lips. I cannot make you realize there are never enough hours for everything, so you must choose the best things, the richest things,...

Pharrell’s Lesson on Singing and Writing

Don’t go singing nobody else’s story. We need you to sing yours. – Pharrell I’m enthralled by Pharrell. First of all, “Happy” makes me, well, happy, but more, his presence on The Voice, which I have been watching since its first...

If You Had Been A Slave

You wake in the morning just before the sun comes up. You’ve trained yourself to do this, to steal these quiet few minutes just for yourself.  Next to you, your wife lies sound asleep, her hair spiraled out like an aura around her head.  Nearby, your children...