The “piano music” begins every morning at sunrise. Upholding the precepts of his father– a legacy that binds him to the land–this skilled musician leaves the modest stone house with his daughter Enrica. Followed by “Pippo,” one of five rescue…
Wandering in the Sahara by Beatriz Maximo
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…
Solving the Puzzle Sundararajan Kidambi with Edward Kiersh
It’s a continuing puzzle. One must anticipate the future, evaluate perspectives, master the placement of objects. As in all creativity, blunders and total failures are possible. Intuitive thinking is dicey. Painting canvases of the mind are always chance, risky, a…
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,…
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.…
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…
COLLAGEN Art of Nature
Alicja Jaworska is a collagen specialist. As the Director of PerfectColl and a Leader in PerfectColl for UK – a Polish company, she helps supervise the international operation of this enterprise–a firm that implements advanced biotechnology and bioelectronics achievements for…
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,…