Almost twenty years ago I wrote a short story (Rezin’s Ratio) that I considered a tongue-in-cheek fantasy. The premise was to establish a numerical basis for a person’s career standing, a success index, as it were. As Roger Rezin, the protagonist, put it: “I will...
A story usually comes to me as an image – for example, an imaginary man standing in line inspired The Open Door in my short story collection (to be published by Adelaide Books in May, 2019) – or, as a single thought or feeling – such as, a creative anti-hero scientist...
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The other day a friend of mine said that Daniel Dennet, a philosopher, considered language the primary difference between humans and animals. Although I had not read anything by Dennet, I strongly objected to this simplified view. My problem was that lots of animals...
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The Colburn School, a school of the performing arts in Los Angeles, recently featured a preview showing of The Cellist: the Legacy of Gregor Piatigorsky. This beautiful movie, masterfully done by Murray Grigor and Hamid Shams, dovetailed with the viewing of my...
