Edvard Munch created four versions of “The Scream” in various media, three painted and one pastel. The latter was sold at a Modern Art action on May 2, 2012 for $119,922,600, the second highest price paid for a painting at auction. “The Scream” has been the target of several high-profile art thefts. In 1994, the […]
Flash Fiction Dragon Needs a Name
I’m writing a flash fiction story with a dragon in it. He’s a good dragon and the protagonist will be a dragon rider. I imagine him to be similar to this picture. I’d like to get some ideas on what to call him. Any thoughts for a name? Thanks to Jordan Bernal, author of The […]
Ai Weiwei's Art at Alcatraz
My guest blogger today is Lani Longshore, a member of the California Writers Club, Tri-Valley Branch, author of Death By Chenille and Eve’s Requiem, and blogger at www.lanilongshore.wordpress.com Art at Alcatraz My children played with Legos, building forts, trucks, and hazardous swords when they thought I wasn’t looking. After Jordan Bernal, author of The Keepers […]
Ai Weiwei’s Art at Alcatraz
My guest blogger today is Lani Longshore, a member of the California Writers Club, Tri-Valley Branch, author of Death By Chenille and Eve’s Requiem, and blogger at www.lanilongshore.wordpress.com Art at Alcatraz My children played with Legos, building forts, trucks, and hazardous swords when they thought I wasn’t looking. After Jordan Bernal, author of The Keepers […]
Cinco de Mayo
What did you do today for Cinco de Mayo? I had chips and salsa which might not be historically correct. I hope it was a happy day for you.
Imaginary Friends in Childhood and Novel Characters
In both of my creative writing classes today, we discussed Imaginary friends in childhood and characters in novels we write. About half of the members in each class said they had had imaginary friends when they were young. Some of these friends changed with the situations the child experienced or they were the main characters […]
Niccolo Machiavelli Born on May 3, 1469
Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was known as one of the founders of modern political science, specifically political ethics. He wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. “The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. […]