Monthly Archives: January 2011

You know I like to point out artists that I think are doing interesting work. Well today, I have two of them for you. I can’t post their work here, of course, because it’s their work. But I hope you’ll … Continue reading →

A few days ago, I had a long conversation with a friend about beauty. After that conversation, I realized that I have two incompatible views of beauty. And I don’t know how to reconcile them. The first view has to … Continue reading →

Three very nice things happened in the last few days. The first thing was that I received the page proofs for “Pug,” which is going to be in Asimov’s Science Fiction. It was the first time I had absolutely no … Continue reading →

I’m going to quote from Mario Vargas Llosa’s Nobel Prize lecture, because I think some of the things he said might interest you. They certainly interest me. If, afterward, you want to read the entire lecture, you can do so … Continue reading →

I was thinking about the quality of courage today. I suppose I was thinking about it because I’d seen some things recently that were not at all courageous. That were cowardly. I’m not thinking in terms of physical courage or … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I read this story in the New York Times: “Elusive Forger, Giving but Never Stealing.” It’s about an art forger named Mark Landis, who paints pictures in various styles and then donates them to museums. He’s a con artist … Continue reading →

“This may sound too simple, but is great in consequence. Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which … Continue reading →