As I struggled with learning how to put myself on the written page, I asked my Vermont College of Fine Arts instructor Sue William Silverman how she found the courage to share her trauma as a childhood victim of sexual abuse in Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You. She first told me that …
Month: April 2014
More Creatives With Multiple Talents
She is best known as "the most beautiful woman in the world," but the late silver screen star Hedy Lamarr is remembered in some circles more for the inventive genius she brought to wireless communications, decades before its time. Lamarr was an immigrant from pre-World War II Austria. She left behind a life that had …
Creative Control in the Age of Kickstarter
How much creative control do we cede when other people's money is involved? Before I get to Kickstarter, let me throw in a historical anecdote. Galilee Galileo was not only the Father of Modern Science, he also earned a decent income from book sales. He was driven enough by profit maximization to eschew writing his …
Forgiving Yourself for Not-Done To-Do’s
"Congratulations," a colleague told me yesterday. "For what?" He smiled and pointed at the cloudless blue sky through the window behind him. "For surviving the winter." His statement implied two things: that it was no longer winter, and that I had survived. I do not consider myself a person of weak constitution, but I have …
The Artist's Road 