Poetry Is Essential
Poetry is to language what a fine brandy is to grape juice. It is refined, distilled, and concentrated. It has strength and potency and at the same time it’s subtle. A poem invites deliberate contemplation and promises to tantalize, awaken, satisfy and warm and, at the same time, to provoke leaving behind an echo that
The Next Normal
My grandparents never completely let go of the Great Depression. Mistrust of banks, obsessive frugality and a pervasive hyper-vigilance persisted for the rest of their lives-which in my Grandmother’s case extended well into the 1990s. The Great Depression, War, pandemic, hurricanes, economic recessions flat tires and hangnails all represent human inflection points. Our mental model of
Scrooge’s Gift
“Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose,
I Pledge…
Since 2018, the folks I work with and I have been engaged in a project that could, if it is successful, have transformative impact on a community. The city of Lompoc (as you pronounce it in your mind, the second O is long like POKE), sits up against the central coast of California about a
It’s All Immersive
Let’s start with this: Even though I’ve spent the better part of the last century playing around with it, I don’t think there is anything special called “Immersive Entertainment”. Honestly, this is the most blatant kind of industry self-aggrandizing jargon. With all appropriate respect to my friends who actually have celiac disease, “Immersive Entertainment” is
Dare to be Different: Dee Byrnes Bio
I was born in Muskegon Michigan, just a few miles from Lake Michigan and am the 4th of 5 children. My parents set the bar for each of us in our lives ahead! Dad who was a Navy veteran, worked for the State Highway Department, did all of our cooking, mom also a Navy veteran,
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