My Fairy-Tale Life, by Steven Boone

“Oh God, protect that child .” I said this to myself as I left a coffee shop I frequent. It is a friendly place and serves coffee that is r...

"The poet is a madman lost in adventure." Paul Verlaine Invariably, lunatics are on some grand adventure or another, and the tra...

What we know with our mind is but a drop in the ocean, for vast realms exist outside our experience. We struggle to understand ourselves, an...

Whenever I hear the term “people of color”, there is a deafening silence that ensues. The silence is my own, since I object so much to the t...

The cold days of winter have wrapped their icy fingers around me. To step outside is to shiver against the elements. My girlfriend, Heidi of...

What is a muse? Muse in Greek mythology, is one of the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, goddess of memory. Muses inspired and presided...

"Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?" Friedrich Nietzsche “There is no end. There is no beginning. T...

Oh, for sweet light! People around the world rejoice in and praise it. Light represents hope, sustenance, and illumination. Into my heart...

There are always two people in every picture:  the photographer and the viewer.  ~ Ansel Adams When I was in Kashmir, India, I went on ...

 My mother, who lives in Santa Barbara, California, called and left a message on my phone the other day. Her voice was emotional as she spok...

Being an artist is like being a tightrope walker, trying to keep balanced between creativity and staying in public favor. To lose either is ...