Are you sticking to your resolutions?

How are we all doing with our New Year’s Resolutions?  This is my January column that I wanted to revisit.Time to reflect on all that happened in the past year. Also time to look forward to the next. Some will make one resolution. Some will make more. Some...

Art and Music

(Editor’s Note:  Reaching all the way back to 2009 for this one.  RC)Art always seemed more important to me than much of what others place value on. I’m not really sure why I’ve always felt that way, but I have. My family were common folk. My father...

Art and Music

(Editor?s Note?Rumor has it that Cliff?s new book of poetry, this one dedicated to the music he loves, will be out and available on Tuesday. More information next week.) Art always seemed more important to me than much of what others place value on. I?m not really...

Artist or Hack?

I watch a lot of live music – I mean really watch. And I listen too – really listen. Some performances are moving and some not so much. Oddly, there’s not a perfect correlation to talent level or competence. I have watched beginners give their all and it...

Artistic Endeavors

Last night I watched the movie, “A River Runs Trough It.” It wasn’t the first time I had seen the film, but it had been many years since I had first viewed it and I thought I’d enjoy seeing it again. It was as good as I remembered it to be. The movie’s emotional...