Last night before we went to sleep Joe and I watched a few clips of Robin Williams, in interviews with Johnny Carson and Craig Ferguson, and performing his hysterical stand-up routines. This morning I wanted to share one of them, but was torn on which one. In the end I decided this joyous moment of when he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for “Good Will Hunting” felt right. Hearing of anyone living with depression always hits home for me. It’s an illness present in my own family, and I… Read more When Robin Williams Won the Oscar, and Thoughts on Depression →
Last year, I was introduced to the work of a really talented Canadian artist. Her name is Andie. And her paintings are phenomenal. As some of you know, I spent… Read more Q + A: Visual Artist Andie Nicole On Cultivating Creativity + Her Version of Magic →
It was a big year. And I’m thankful for a hell of a lot. In 2013 I moved (officially, after a 4-month stint in Canada and a long visa process)… Read more Love Note to 2013 →
Have you watched this? My friend Antonia recommended The Conversation to me about a year ago, and I’ve been continually intrigued and impressed. It’s like a series of open, juicy… Read more The Conversation: Talks on Career, Wellness + Sexuality (etc.) →
A goat herder in Bagan, Myanmar. A subway commuter in Busan, Korea. A child walking on water (or so it appears) in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo. This is the work of… Read more Q + A: Travel Photographer Peter DeMarco on Following Your Vision, Befriending Nomads, and the Most Dangerous Thing He’s Done for an Image →
The first time Meredith Nicole learned how to sharpen a plane iron to perfection and took a pass with it, she fell in love. That was in 2008. She… Read more Q + A: Furniture Designer Meredith Nicole on Falling in Love (with Woodwork) →
“. . . I want to know about blindness. I want to ask poetry where the birds went when they disappeared and how it was they reappeared in cursive loops… Read more Q + A: Eve Joseph on The Irrational Madness of Writing →
Before blowing on his first french horn in a 7th-grade music class in Toronto, Chris Seligman–keyboardist and french horn player for the Canadian Indie Pop group Stars–had no interest… Read more Q + A: Stars Keyboardist Chris Seligman on Band Personalities, His Pre-Show Rituals, and the Biggest Lesson He’s Learned in the Industry →