Leeway: Lee Tracy, Artist + Green World Citizen

Recycling Shoes as Hair Accessories

Have you ever lost just one shoe? Did your dog eat one of your shoes and you just can't bear to part with the other one? Well, don't despair, wear! Yes, you read that correctly...models on the Paris runways are doing it so why don't we? Maybe if you wear a shoe on your head it's easier for Prince Charming to find you after the dance party! And yes, this post is recycled, too.

Plants, Shoes, Africa and Jewellry

Inspiration from nature is a wondrous thing. You can see it in the design of many ordinary items in everyday life. The “clam shell” mobile phone is based on the way the shells of clams open and close and the way they are hinged. The painting of a shoe and the plant above share similar colors, shapes and a similar feeling of effortless elegance. The glass artist Dale Chihuly’s work is a mind-bending celebration of shapes and colors from nature and the dream world. Michelle Obama wears the delightful, exquisitely detailed jewelry of St Erasmus which evokes the continent of Africa in all of its visual glories.

Got Opera? Dogs Love It, What About You?

Twin Speak: Love! Hate! Pyramid Schemes! Nosy Neighbors! Friends and Family Driving You Crazy! Fear and Loathing! Sex! And those are just a few of the high points of our average day. AND that's also what operas are made of. During these economically challenging times, many opera companies offer affordable tickets. We're talking a little more than the cost of a movie. Operas in foreign languages are subtitled these days, so there's no excuse not to give it a try. It ain't over till the fat lady or the dogs sing.

The Guggenheim Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Twin Speak:Controversial. Game Changing. Paradigm Shifting. In Its Own Galaxy. Frank Lloyd Wright and the Guggenheim both share these attributes. Daring to design where no man or woman had gone before. A Tangible demonstration of the American spirit at its best. We create in order to see.
Click on "The Guggenheim Celebrates 50th Anniversary" title to view a New York Times video. The video below is a fine representation of the exterior view in the context of its NYC environs.

The Power of Art and Culture Bring Us Together

"America's artistic contributions, especially its music, are universally embraced by other cultures, pushing aside their own indigenous music and adopting ours as their Esperanto. But today, we sit as one of two Western nations in the world without a Minister of Culture. When Jaime Austria and Peter Weitzner, two New York musicians, took the initiative after hearing a radio interview that I did several months ago to create an on-line petition calling for the appointment of a Secretary of the Arts -- an idea which I had originally suggested more than 10 years ago -- my belief in the power of the arts to bring people together for a common cause was reaffirmed yet again as the petition gained steam across America with an enormous outpouring of support." Quincy Jones