Generic versus specific
Dear Artist, Exiting from the films at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, we hand in…
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Creative Darwinism
Dear Artist, Recently, Jane Murdoch Adams of Toronto, Ontario, Canada wrote, “I’m part of a…
Your art in the movies
Dear Artist, Recently, a fellow painter phoned to tell me that one of his galleries…
The Matthew Effect
Dear Artist, “The Matthew Effect” in economics was named after the verse in Matthew in…
The weak link in the virtuous circle
Dear Artist, “Virtuous circle” is a term used mainly in economics. It refers to a…
Grand Ceremonial Bonfire?
Dear Artist, Recently, Herb Parsons of North Haven, Maine, USA wrote, “It has come to…
The Stendhal Syndrome
Dear Artist, Last night, Aili Kurtis of Perth, Ontario, wrote, “I want to draw your…
Anatomy of a curve
Dear Artist, In magic tricks, the curve has its beguiling ways. If a magician needs…
A new vocabulary
Dear Artist, English is lacking when it comes to expressions of specific situations. In the…
