This Business of Dreaming

It is written in Ecclesiastes: “A dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words.” Dreamers though we all are, we rarely stop to look at the burdens our dreams bring to our lives. We’ve been taught to believe in the imagination. Yes, I also believe in the […]

Love Songs From the Tree of Life

There’s this famous interview with Bob Dylan from 1991 in which he lashes out at the idea of a “love song.” Dylan says at one point, “It’s a proven fact: most people who say ‘I love you’ don’t mean it. Doctors have proved that. So love generates a lot of songs. Probably more than a […]

Yes … And

A friend of mine who does improv-comedy told me being good at that type of performance comes down to staying true to the phrase: “Yes … and.” In other words, the worse thing an improv-comedian can do on stage is to say “no” — either verbally or mentally — to what his partner has spontaneously […]