Except for the camels sipping water, and the lizards scurrying in the sand, there was absolute silence. Night had fallen, and there was a silence I had never felt before, one that brings a life-changing reckoning. Now Time and Space…
What makes this eclectic style living room very functional and eye-catching ?
Despite a lack of decorative objects, as well as three focal points : a large window on the right side, an opening giving onto a boudoir on the right background and a fireplace surmounted by a work of art, in…
A Cry for Help
They are huddled together, their slumped bodies and extended hands passionately dramatizing desperation, their collective nightmare. These immigrants are the forgotten, souls lost in a tense, highly-pitched political battle. Some have wandered through the Sahara carrying their infants. Others have…
Turning Tassels into Jewels By Karolina Kulak
Looking into her ruby-studded jewelry box, The Princess of Esmerlada gasped, and cried, “Where are my soutache earrings? My God! Where are my precious soutaches?” The royal attendants were equally shocked. Sewn with dreams, along with black strings, flower tassels,…
A Child of Freedom
Art stopped. Too afraid to question the party line, to risk imprisonment, many artists fled. They simply feared the soul-piercing pounding on the door, the shudder-inducing knock of the Securitate. Fear flourished under the brutal dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in…
Attitude into the Stage
The moment a microphone was thrust in front of her, life changed. She suddenly found inspiration, a distinct new passion. “My first thought was to grab that microphone, and to sing as loud as possible,” remembers psychotherapist Alexandra Nowak.…
Violins, Cellos and Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse simply grew tiresome. It just wasn’t fun anymore for Alison Courtenay-Dunn to be working at Disneyland Paris. Initially intent on a career in hotel management, she realized one day that another world inspired her. She wanted to be…
On the Essence of Creativity
One evening I was walking through the old town of Cologne, it had been raining, a cold wind was pushing through the winding streets coming from the nearby Rhine. There were few people on the street, so close to closing…
Seeking Wonderland
Clinging to hope, the defiant belief Paradise can be found, the intrepid Finder of Lost Souls treks through the rugged Mexican wilds. Toting her cameras, she skirts a perilous ravine edging the mountainous Cerro de Chipinque. It is late afternoon,…
THE ILLUSIONIST by Edward Kiersh
A rebellious outsider, the illusionist decries the obtrusiveness and chaos of contemporary life, saying “It’s an avalanche of humbug impressions” from TV and the Internet. Such a globalized realm, she believes, creates a lack of suspense, an overwhelming sense of…