An eye on love

I’m ever the observer. It’s disconcerting to some, but it makes me a sharper coach and keeps my writing honest. I’m wondering, though, if underlying it all is a craving to be seen. What prompted this thinking is my reaction to a couple of movies — one old (A...

Free falling

GAME PLAN: Over a month ago, upon returning from a stay with my parents when my mother had had knee surgery, I arrived in Hoboken train station and approached the first available cab. I stepped off the curb on to the cobblestone street and lost my footing, somehow...

Heeding the need to express

When a despicable hacker made his or her way into the email accounts of George W. Bush and family, I cringed.  However, I can’t say the same for my reaction when I saw the former President’s paintings that were exposed in the process. So captivating....

Artistic merit

Most times if I attend an event or see a film or experience something cultural, it falls under the category of Game Plan column or blog post. There’s rarely crossover. For a number of reasons, the Yayoi Kusama exhibit at the Whitney last week has inspired both....

Kusama-world

Back in 1998 when I still lived in a Central New Jersey suburb, but a year or so after completing a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan, I spent a vacation week in Manhattan at the West Village apartment of my friend Christina (also a UMich...