Chiaroscuro. It’s a mixture of the Italian words for light and dark, and it’s a term used in painting and photography to describe how light plays against darkness to create dimension.
I thought of this word when I read an essay in Time by children’s book author Matt de la Peña, “Why We Shouldn’t Shield Children From Darkness.” He wrestles with this question: Is the job of the writer for the very young to tell the truth or preserve innocence? Continue reading “Light and Dark”
A zillion reasons!
Okay, well, a few.
There are a few different types of “One-days”—let’s call them that and save some space/time/words—that serve different purposes. Continue reading “Why should I take a One-day Intensive?”
The next time you’re thinking about giving up, think instead of Yvonne Puckett.
A few years back, Yvonne, a dancer, wanted to perform in the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera’s production of The King and I.
At the time, her father-in-law was Louis Adrian, conductor of LACLO’s orchestra. When she told him she planned to audition, he looked appalled. “You?” he said. “In the King and I? No way.” Continue reading “Dance It All Away”