Creativity and Depression
For the past few weeks, I have been thinking about depression – mine, to be exact. I sense a heaviness in my chest and in my legs. The thought of reaching out is instantly rejected. An overwhelming sense of sadness seems to permeate my mind and my heart. So much has been happening in the [...]
An Epiphany Under the Auspices of Falling Snow
It’s not that I heard a little voice in my head saying, “Myrna, knock it off for a while.” “No, I have been taking refuge in my left-brain self.” I have been avoiding writing, painting, dancing, singing……
Musings on my neurosis
To be honest with one’s friends is to be true to one’s self. To be honest is to risk offending, but to withhold, is to incur obscurity. If being congruent is a value, must I always be the same; if being authentic is a goal, may I never play the game. If I wish to partake [...]
“Woody Allen on Growing Old”
“Woody Allen no longer jokes about death, says Douglas McGrath in the latest issue of ‘Interview.’ Black humor has long been a hallmark of Allen’s career, but at 72, aging and dying are too real to serve as punch lines of an existential joke. “There’s nothing good about getting older,” he says. “Absolutely nothing. Your [...]
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