When I mixed the oil colors together, all the hues turned out the color of backed-up septic waste. I had a monumental task, way beyond the collages and crayon relief drawings assigned in seventh grade art class. I was driven to express through a single painting what finding out about the Holocaust did to my childhood heart.
Thoughts on the allegations against astrologer Eric Francis, who lost jobs with Chronogram, Radio Kingston and the Omega Institute after several women came forward with stories of his sexually inappropriate behavior.
Male predatory behavior is due, in part, to biology. So what do we do?
He painted in a style referred to as Abstract Expressionism and was part of a group of artists known as the New York School. Other painters in this group included Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky and Mark Rothko.
Does the worst mass shooting, determined by numbers killed, make this one different, really? The other shootings — 23 mass
I was helping a new friend with a problem — a matter of the heart. Her issue was full of
In 1958, the drug of choice among teenagers was tobacco. In my “crowd,” all the boys smoked Lucky Strikes and
“Wow!” I thought. Me, a mediocre student who barely graduated with a 2.25 cumulative average, left back twice in the
For six years I was a natural hygienist. This has nothing to do with cleaning teeth with a loofah sponge
My brother died three years ago. He did not live to see marriage equality prevail, ending triumphantly in last week’s
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