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A Story that Took 10 Years to Write (opens the original)
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Today, a memoir story that started four photographs. It has been revised to better reflect how the story came to be. A short Shadow feature follows.Let me explain.The four barges—three on the Hudson and one on the East River—tell the story of a life changed forever. And this story started with the barges but isn’t really about them.In 2015, I embarked on a journey that continues to this day—associating words with imagery.And in 2025, I took a picture of the fourth of four barges, and a story sta
An Ambivalence Called Home (opens the original)
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Hello friends,When I look back over the images I’ve collected over the past week, I realize that I’ve been wrestling with some complex contradictions in my life. But when I look further back, I see that I may have always struggled to maintain the balance required to live in a city like this. As much as New York City offers in the way of art, culture, cuisine and magnificent green spaces, beauty can always be tinged with a little too much reality. Does home ever live up to our expectations?Beauty
Writers Inspired by the Arts with Jeannie Ewing (opens the original)
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Thank you to those of you who joined and me live for Thursday, September 17th’s session of Writers Inspired by the Arts. Jeannie is one of the most generous artists I know, a writer who shares her own story freely, openly, and with incredible grace. Her ability to make her work accessible to others in the crafting of it amazes me. You should check out … Read more
7 Lessons from My Mother’s Hidden Memories (opens the original)
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Sheri HandelHello storytellers!Here’s a wrap-up of Phase 1 of the ephemera reveal I’ve started to sort through and share. I need to dig in deeper to mostly everything I’ve seen so far. But for today, I can start with a few lessons I hope you can relate to, enjoy, or inspire you to find a missing envelope of your own.The phone call that revealed the first secret“Today, I just sat at my desk, staring at the checkbook.”This, from a wom
3 Ways into My Creativity-Boosting Universe (opens the original)
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Hello friends,I’m wondering if you feel something similar to this. I finally know who I am. Of course, we are all constantly evolving, but I’ve come to a place I’m fairly comfortable with right now. That is the world of creative pursuit. Today, I’ll show you how it evolved and how you can use all three parts of this practice or select pieces. With any one part, you will extend your storytelling capacity. With all three, you can be unstoppable. The beginningI am an escapee from LinkedIn. It was a
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