Essay

Family Portrait

Portraits of distant relatives survive a married couple’s home reorganization, the subjects’ friendship in life an inspiration for the future.

Linda Murphy Marshall

Blogging Fellows

Snow in the Concert Hall

Composers John Cage and R. Murray Schafer sculpt sound into moments that evade on-demand consumption. What can we learn from these sonic environments?

Joe Hitchcock

Appreciation

The Lewis Chessmen, Deer Antler, and a French Bulldog

“What could I make with antler?” I recalled the Lewis Chessmen and figured I could attempt to carve a set myself, although I’ve never worked with antler as a medium before. I had no pretensions that it would be even close to the famed Lewis set. In the end, the design was mine, a unique variant of classic.

Paul Karrer