Frist Impressionist Exhibit: A Must-See
Morisot, Le Bereau @ The Birth of Impressionism, Frist Center In one word: Light. The Frist Center for Visual Arts impressionist exhibit is about light. The exhibit IS light. Good art, to use the woo-woo way of saying things, can open one's heart chakra. Woo-woo...
“thx thx thx”
"Leah Dieterich's mother always told her to write thank you notes." So says the "About" column of Leah's blog, featured in my roll here. And so Leah does. Write thank you notes. One-a-day. Short ones. In her blog. Delightful little...
The Wounded Psyche of the South
Photo: Mishelle Lane of "Secret Agent Mama." There's something about the southern psyche. Something I've been trying to catalog and comprehend for decades now. Our recent trip to Memphis reminded me of a sense of woundedness in these parts. There is pride in the...
Help a Starving Artist this Christmas
Carolina cousin and rising Americana music star Angela Easterling performs, above, at The Basement with back-up Will Kimbrough, at last years's Americana Music Festival. Photo: Leisa A. Hammett Country California liked my Americana rising star cousin Angela...
Know the Hope: Tammy Vice
The beautiful songs of Tammy Vice, devoted autism parent/advocate and talented singer/songwriter, always induce a tear or two from me. Of this song, above, she writes, "Th[is] song was originally written after Morgan had a meltdown. She wanted a...
This Analog Girl Clings to Her Real Books and Mourns the Loss of Davis-Kidd
Ironically, it's another sign of our digital times that I learned that Nashville proper's only remaining full-service bookstore, Davis-Kidd Booksellers, is closing--not from the print version of the Tennessean's front page but via the (social media) blog...
Gifted Artist with ALS Shows This Weekend
Art by Erin Brady Worsham, who has ALS and creates with the use of a computer sensor connected to her forehead.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Human beings are amazing creatures. We have high tolerance for...
