Shining a light on ‘Renoir’

GAME PLAN: I so love words and putting them together to share my thoughts with the world, but sometimes there is nothing like seeing someone else use their words to great effect. Director Gilles Bourdos has managed to articulate something I feel again and again and...

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...

Art escape

My artist friend Chuck and I hit the Metropolitan Museum of Art today and took in the “Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity” exhibit along with the Matisse that’s been up a while. We were in a dabbling and flitting mood, not getting overly studious...

Our kindred spirits

I have long thought one of our loftiest goals in life should be seeking out kindred spirits and then treasuring their existence in our lives.  Sometimes we share one common belief or interest with a person, but it is deep and meaningful and it simply makes our lives...

Having your say

As I walked through the Alexander McQueen “Savage Beauty” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week, I said to my friend Kathi, “These words just popped into my head — he had his say.” And a theme for a column was born,...