• Creativity,  Vayera

    Steeped but Stuck

    Recently, as I think is true for many people this season, I’ve been wading through frustrations and the weight of the world, sloshing around the muck of the past and mixing with the…

  • Omer

    Omer 14: Flowering in a Frantic World

    This spring, along with many other people, I am enraptured by the blooming trees and gardens along my paths and throughout the city. I have visited Wave Hill Gardens, the Heather Garden in…

  • Omer

    Omer 12: Listening in a Loud World

    This erev Shabbos, I played clarinet for a service in Brooklyn. As is true many weeks, much of the music was played by ear, creating harmonies and chord structures to support singing through…