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The Synthesizing Mind, or Why I Like Cooking

Posted on September 7, 2011 by lindaessig

One of my earliest postings on this blog referenced Howard Gardner’s “Disciplined Mind.” I continue to use his “Five Minds for the Future” as a framework for teaching arts entrepreneurship. Recently, I have become particularly interested in “The Synthesizing Mind.” … Continue reading →

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Experiencing Cuts to Arts Education

Posted on August 29, 2011 by lindaessig

[Six days after writing this piece about cuts in my school district, the New York Times reported on the use of digital technology there: “even as technology spending has grown, the rest of the district’s budget has shrunk, leading to … Continue reading →

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Experience Failure

Posted on August 22, 2011 by lindaessig

The TedxPhoenix 2011 submission challenge is ““_____ for a Change”, where the blank will be filled by the speaker’s topic or idea.”  My submission is called Experience Failure for a Change. Experience and Failure are two concepts that are at the … Continue reading →

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Misplaced Focus?

Posted on August 14, 2011 by lindaessig

Yesterday Arizona Republic theatre critic Kerry Lengel reported on his blog that there is a new theatre company in the Phoenix metro area: Roots Performing Arts.  My first reaction was: they should have read Rebecca Novick’s contribution to 20under40, the … Continue reading →

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More humanism please

Posted on August 2, 2011 by lindaessig

In a recent post on the slate.com site, William Pannapacker cynically writes, “It’s my view that higher education in the humanities exists mainly to provide cheap, inexperienced teachers for undergraduates so that a shrinking percentage of tenured faculty members can … Continue reading →

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Urban Density

Posted on July 27, 2011 by lindaessig

I considered myself lucky when I flew into New York La Guardia last week from the south.  I like that approach because it takes you right over the whole of NY Harbor with a view of the Statue of Liberty … Continue reading →

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Commonalities and Differences

Posted on July 25, 2011 by lindaessig

Jerusalem, War Horse, and Sleep No More have a lot in common: They’re playing to sold-out houses in New York I saw all three in a two-day binge of theatre-going last weekend They all have large ensembles of extraordinarily good … Continue reading →

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Prague reflections

Posted on July 12, 2011 by lindaessig

It’s been almost a month since I landed in Prague to see the sites and attend the Prague Quadrennial, the international exhibit of scenography founded by Josef Svoboda in the 1960s now known as “the PQ.”  International pavilions filled several … Continue reading →

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Prague, Vienna, and artistic production

Posted on June 24, 2011 by lindaessig

In the car today, my son asked, “how much art does an artist usually make?”  We had returned less than 48 hours previously from a ten-day trip to Prague and Vienna, during which my children were exposed to more creative … Continue reading →

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Waxing Theoretical Part 6: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em!

Posted on June 8, 2011 by lindaessig

This is the sixth and final installment in my blog series on the theories that underly arguments against — and in today’s installment for – government funding for the arts.  I look today with some skepticism at the creative industries … Continue reading →

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