It sounds easy. From the world’s perspective, all that is required for a successful career as a creative or artist is a marshaling of...

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The week before the New Year ushers in a Judgment Day of its own with the passing of another year. Questions arise in the overview of our...

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter once stated: “Your humanity is your instrument.” For artists, that metaphor can be extended to the care of the...

Prayer and meditation are both an effective means of navigating worry and negativity in the face of personal challenges and trials on a...

I have always loved the concept of the Festivus holiday for its candid catharsis and bizarrely comedic properties. The holiday, as...

The last months of the year are typically accompanied by a time of self-reflection, where the facts of our lives serve as headline copy...

Hip-hop artist and recent Pulitzer Prize honoree, Kendrick Lamar posted a series of vintage, on-the-road video vignettes on Instagram...

Courage is a trait that is mostly associated with the confrontation of fear, injustice and immediate physical danger. But there is a...

A couple of weeks ago, while visiting family in New Orleans, I had an opportunity to visit The Presbytère, a former monastery residence,...

‘The gift and the curse.’ This phrase came to mind this week, while setting up arrangements to record a new set of IG spots for July,...

I was house-sitting in Burbank for a friend back in 2006 and was charged with watering the front and back lawns and the backyard floral...