Story Me This
Story. That's why people watch the Olympics. It's certainly not the finer points of curling technique or the joy of seeing the best athletes in the world excel at doing what so many of us try to do better every time we strap rifles to our backs, slip on our skis, and head out into the hills for a causal afternoon of recreational alpine snipering. We watch to see the grandson of WWII veteran drape his grandfather's...
Unfolding Our Imaginations One Thread at a Time: An Interview with Jeffrey Overstreet
Last June, I had the pleasure of attending the Trinity Arts Conference in Dallas, TX, which was inspiring on every artistic level. One night, I settled into a chair in an auditorium to hear author and film critic, Jeffrey Overstreet, give a talk called "A Little Willingness to See," the title taken from a quote by Marilynne Robinson in her book, Gilead: Wherever you turn your eyes the world can shine like transfigur...
