I have started a textile/surface design class at the California School of Professional Fabric Design. We started with a 30-second sketch of a live flower (for me it was a Gerbera Daisy). We then arranged multiples in a close pattern...

Music definitely does something interesting to one's brain. My friend John Loose is a specialist in early music percussion and performed last week, along with the ensemble "Musica Pacifica", playing dance music from the 17th and 18th centuries; composers such...