Leaving Mind

A clue from J. S. Bach - Someone once said J. S. Bach left us his mind in the composition, Well Tempered Clavier—an instance of both a beautiful and instructional work of art. It is possible that today an artist can achieve the equivalent—combining instrumentation with digital media. 610 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Comic Professor

News from Lake Emeralda - Affecting the style of the renowned radio show, Prairie Home Companion, and yarns that Garrison Keillor features each episode, the Emeralda Inventor writes what it would be like to describe himself as an eccentric character in the News from Lake Emeralda. 1111 Words. 5113 Characters. Copyright 2008 Bill H. Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

We Build Our Rhythms as we Live Them

Playing Emeralda - Games for the Gifts of Life-creates rhythms in the cycles of an artist's routine activity. It's like the circadian rhythms that effect so many in the world of living things, except it is a structure that comes from within and less so from without one's self. 582 Words. ap080104. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com