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BRAVING STORMS: John Foy on “Point of View”
In late August 2011, the very outer edges of Hurricane Irene were felt in Cape Cod as the storm, by then an extratropical cyclone, moved inland toward Vermont and…
In late August 2011, the very outer edges of Hurricane Irene were felt in Cape Cod as the storm, by then an extratropical cyclone, moved inland toward Vermont and…
“A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London” – Here, again, a storm of grief, this time over a young girl who…
Here’s a storm that’s internal and emotional. Ben Jonson wrote “On My First Son” in 1603 after the death of his seven-year-old boy, Benjamin. The…
“Storm Fear” has always been one of my favorite early Robert Frost poems. Like “The Seafarer,” it’s an adversity poem that finds the speaker wondering how he’ll manage as the elements…
The theme this month at the Ideasmyth blog is “braving storms.” To address it, I’ll be posting poems that deal in one way or another with…
Barry decides that now would be a good time for us to talk about his vest. It’s two hours to curtain on opening night of “The King and…
When the announcement was made recently that Tony Nominee Norm Lewis was slated…
“Well, I sure do agree you’re in a pickle, there,” says the maddeningly chipper phone receptionist. “But our rental agreement…
For the past five years I’ve been talking about writing a book about my experiences teaching theater in the South Bronx. Again and again over the years, life…
“What does being brave mean to you?” I ask my high school theater students. It’s fall of 2003, my third week of teaching. We’ve been working on…
This, of course, assumes that you’re making lists at all. I highly recommend them when you’re feeling stuck on a project. I’m not talking about to-do lists here, although…
We all know by now (I hope) that engineers are not universally soft-spoken, introverted types. But in my first career I encountered quite a few of them who were. And often…
This myth that creative people always benefit from freedom and fewer constraints on their time or work has been debunked all over the place, and I’m doing it again…
Here’s why good public relations pros are highly paid: They are masters at weaving facts and information into credible and…
Look around your studio, home office, cubicle, bedroom—wherever you do the bulk of your creative work. Do you like it? Is it comfortable? Do you enjoy…
I’ve spent the majority of my career as a writer and editor, but this was—well, is—my second profession. My first one was civil…