Moments of hopelessness should always be transformed into creation. But why? And for whom? -Margarita KarapanouIn this particular case, I can tell you the moment of hopelessness that has inspired my own act of creation: the fact that I'm grading, grading and grading. And somehow, despite my labor, the pile of essays doesn't seem to…
“Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.” -Johann Wolfgang Goethe Recently, I was thinking about therapy and how it's designed to teach you about yourself--to give you the "tools" for introspection and growth. If you go to therapy, you could talk about many things that bother you, from people to…
“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.”-Frederic ChopinYou know, sometimes it's all about going back to the basics. As much as I love trying new recipes and looking for creative ways to cook the…
Dining with Dostoevsky 