In 2000 Ed Harris earned his first "Best Actor in a Leading Role" Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Jackson Pollock, the iconic American abstract-expressionist painter. The romantic portrayal of an alcohol-driven bohemian seems like a mythical, mid-20th-century moment when artists were focused on art and not the latest...

I'm glued to my computer, reading any and every online article about the devastating news of Whitney Houston's death while playing Whitney Houston's YouTube playlist, and streaming CNN's coverage on my television in the background as I compose my own blog post about her impact on me.

My first recollection...

Did you catch the Toyota Camry Super Bowl commercial?

The narrator begins the ad with a voiceover: "After reinventing the Toyota Camry, we decided to keep reinventing." Then, a dorky guy carrying a bag of groceries opens the door of his apartment and is stunned at the sight before...

After I told my friend about my new body of artwork, I could sense that he was worried about me. It wasn't that he was unsure about my artwork but about my personal well-being. He patted me on the back and said, with no humor, "Jeff, you need to get...