I’m a night owl. Western culture doesn’t consider the nocturnal laborer’s efforts especially virtuous. Benjamin Franklin summed the prevailing sentiment toward those who rise late (however noble the struggle with art may have been the night before): “Up, sluggard, and...
I came to Civitella hoping that my time here would be spent either working or, at worst, resting from the rigours of my everyday routine. My hopes were exceeded. Excerpt from "Love Is Power, or Something Like That"...
At my stage of the game I am able to get good blocks of time to write and think at home, but some key element goes missing. I think that element is the time to dream. At Civitella, with the weight of daily cares and obligations lifted, I found myself in a blessed...
