by PAMELA HULSE ANDREWS Cascade A&E Publisher The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. ~ George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950 Irish playwright, a co-founder London School of Economics) In a letter dated May 23 emailed to a select group of supporters of the Nature of Words (NOW),…
I’ve found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them over the head with too many speeches.Pete Seeger (1919 – January 27, 2014 at 94!) American folk singer and activist. Imagine the Les Schwab Amphitheater, tripling the audience to about…
When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it’s you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself.Steven Spielberg (American film director, screenwriter, producer…
Creating a cultural icon out of someone who goes, ‘I’m stupid, isn’t it cute?’ makes me want to throw daggers. I want to say to them, ‘My grandma did not fight for what she fought for just so you can start telling women it’s fun to be stupid. Saying that to young women, little girls,…
Alone or surrounded in love on Valentine’s Day it’s essential (well, at least appealing) to make a list of your all time favorite love songs. They might just inspire your inner romantic. L-O-V-E is still the most popular subject title for songs and lyrics, so it’s fairly easy to pick out a handful of tunes…
Somehow, not only for Christmas,But all the long year through,The joy that you give to others,Is the joy that comes back to you.And the more you spend in blessing,The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart’s possessing,Returns to you glad. -John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (1807 – 1892) A friend said…
How we celebrate says a lot about our culture and our willingness to embrace the new, the different and the talented. Central Oregon is abundant in doing just that by embracing numerous festivals from music, film and literary throughout the year. These forms of celebration and acknowledgement of creative forms are spiritual in their nature. …
It’s a tremendous amount of work to prepare for Burning Man. The only thing you can buy to help you survive in the middle of the Nevada desert is…ice (and an ice coffee or tea at the one and only venue). You must provide your own shelter (tents, RVs, travel trailers, trucks or vans). You…
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~ Scott Adams, American cartoonist. One might ask this: can we measure our creativity? Can we take stock of our community’s creativity and leverage it into an economic factor? Some creative data collectors seem to think so. A report called…
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. ~ Pablo Picasso, Metamorphoses of the Human Form: Graphic Works, 1895-1972 An idea, a concept, a vision has been peculating in our community over the past several months or so to create an arts and culture…
