by 2021-Administrator | Feb 15, 2021 | Life, Teaching
One general definition of creativity is “the purposeful generation and implementation of a novel idea.” Selling books on-line, now a commonplace event, exemplifies such an idea. So does buying songs singly, as compared with purchasing them bundled as “albums,” which...
by 2021-Administrator | Feb 10, 2021 | Life, Writing
We briefly consider the interpretive process in a reading of the following short poem. Robert Frost Dust of Snow The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued. We can...
by 2021-Administrator | Feb 9, 2021 | Life, Music
The question of music’s meaning has had a long and contentious history. Some say that music has no meaning other than itself, that the meaning of a piece of music, from the simplest song to the most complex symphony or opera, is simply the notes the composer wrote in...
by 2021-Administrator | Feb 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
An interesting and useful way into the pleasures of poetry, MOMENT©, was developed by my friend Michael Hogan, himself a widely published poet. MOMENT stands for the following dimensions of a poem: moment, opposition, movement, evocation, notation, and tension....
