by Shar Lemond | Aug 24, 2017 | Men and Women
What makes Greta Garbo The Divine One? Why does she captivate us so? What does she, above any other actor or actress, manage to convey that no one before or since has managed to enliven? When I watch a Garbo movie – and she is the star of two of my five favorite...
by Shar Lemond | Aug 22, 2017 | Visual Art
Writing a scene means focusing on the details of that particular moment you’re trying to create. You must try and invoke all the senses in the reader’s imagination, so that the reader can imagine the place, the characters, and their actions. It might sound...
by Shar Lemond | Aug 16, 2017 | Book Reviews
Underneath all her flashy clothes and bright smiles, Louisa Clark is scared to really live life. When she’s hired to take care of Will Traynor, a quadriplegic who depends on other for everything, no one can imagine he’s the one who’s going to end up...
by Shar Lemond | Jul 19, 2017 | Book Reviews
So many aspects turn this novel into the enchanting treasure that it is. The reader gets to travel to the magnificent San Salvatore castle in Italy and spend a marvelous, sunny April there, amidst dozens of blooming flower varieties, and with a view to the calming,...
by Shar Lemond | Jul 16, 2017 | Visual Art
Have a great Sunday, everyone!
by Shar Lemond | Jul 7, 2017 | Visual Art
Happy birthday to one of my top favorite artists! Notice how he has positioned everything in the painting to lead the eye to face of the storyteller. Atop the exquisite beauty of the image reigns one feeling: eagerness to hear an enthralling tale!
by Shar Lemond | Jun 27, 2017 | Book Reviews
The prose of The Awakening is beautifully written and wonderful quotes abound: “She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.” We witness Edna Pontellier’s awakening...
by Shar Lemond | Jun 16, 2017 | Book Reviews
In this short story, Katherine Mansfield vividly illustrates the tie between emotion and music. A music teacher’s emotions change abruptly in one day and the music she chooses for her young students to sing is a clear reflection of her thoughts and feelings....
by Shar Lemond | May 24, 2017 | Book Reviews
To judge this book only in comparison to Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility is unjust to Jane Austen. In Mansfield Park, Austen creates an extremely timid, shy, but highly moral character, then places her in a situation in which she must make a choice:...
by Shar Lemond | May 24, 2017 | Visual Art
The painter Margaret Bernadine Hall was so touched by Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables that she painted this image of Fantine, with baby Cosette in her crib. While plump, ruddy cheeked Cosette sleeps peacefully, her mother’s misery is evident. We know from the...
