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Endangered plants you'll likely never see
'Losing Paradise,' a new botanical art exhibition of 44 rare species, illustrates the art form's enduring value – even in this age of digital.
Marlo Thomas
"One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man."
"One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man."
Holly Lisle
"If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense."
"If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense."
Storm Jameson
"Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed."
"Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed."
Anne Frank
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it."
"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it."
Top Picks: Esperanza Spalding's newest CD, Ken Burns's unseen films, 'City Island' out on DVD, and more recommendations
Esperanza Spalding's new album, 'Chamber Music Society,' three unseen Ken Burns documentaries on pbs.org, adult drama 'City Island' on DVD, and more.
Top Picks: 'Red Horse' CD, style beyond fashion at 'The Sartorialist,' behind bottled-water doc, and more recommendations
'Red Horse' CD from three of folk music's warmest voices, 'The Sartorialist' – a blog for the fashion cognoscenti, an eye-opening documentary on the bottled-water industry, and more.
Maya Angelou
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again."
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again."
Inspired Minds: One to One with violist Tabea Zimmermann
As one of the most renowned musicians of our time, Tabea Zimmermann has inspired many contemporary composers to write for the viola and introduced many new works into the standard concert and chamber music repertoire. She has appeared as a soloist all over the world and recently established her own string quartet - the Arcanto Quartet.Tabea Zimmermann studied with Ulrich Koch at the Musikhochschule Freiburg and subsequently with Sandor Vegh at the Mozarteum Salzburg. Following her studies, she received several awards at international competitions, amongst them first prizes at the 1982 Geneva International Competition and the 1984 Budapest International Competition.Numerous CD recordings document Zimmermann's versatility, amongst them works by Bartok, Brahms, Bruch, Britten, Hindemith, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. In this week’s Inspired Minds Tabea Zimmermann talks to Breandбin O’Shea about how chamber music occupies a special place in her life, her admiration for Bartok’s Viola Concerto and how her playing two spoons endlessly finally convinced her parents to let her have viola lessons.
As one of the most renowned musicians of our time, Tabea Zimmermann has inspired many contemporary composers to write for the viola and introduced many new works into the standard concert and chamber music repertoire. She has appeared as a soloist all over the world and recently established her own string quartet - the Arcanto Quartet.Tabea Zimmermann studied with Ulrich Koch at the Musikhochschule Freiburg and subsequently with Sandor Vegh at the Mozarteum Salzburg. Following her studies, she received several awards at international competitions, amongst them first prizes at the 1982 Geneva International Competition and the 1984 Budapest International Competition.Numerous CD recordings document Zimmermann's versatility, amongst them works by Bartok, Brahms, Bruch, Britten, Hindemith, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. In this week’s Inspired Minds Tabea Zimmermann talks to Breandбin O’Shea about how chamber music occupies a special place in her life, her admiration for Bartok’s Viola Concerto and how her playing two spoons endlessly finally convinced her parents to let her have viola lessons.
Sir William Osler
"Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition."
"Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition."
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with psychotherapist Mark Brayne
Mark Brayne is the founder of the European DART Center for Journalism and Trauma. A former journalist and foreign correspondent, he works today as a psychotherapist and trainer.When – after 30 years - Mark Brayne stopped his work in journalism as European Editor with the BBC World Service, he became a full-time as therapist and trauma trainer. A profession he has been practising since 2003. Mark Brayne has been a news correspondent with Reuters and the BBC and after postings throughout the communist world in the 1970s and ‘80s, retrained as a psychotherapist in the ‘90s. He is one of Europe’s leading specialists in the field of journalism and trauma and has written and blogged on climate change and the psychology of denial.In this week’s Inspired Minds, Mark Brayne talks to Nathan Witkop about how he came to change his profession, his work as a trauma psychotherapist and how he believes humans are in a state of denial when it comes to the issue of climate change.
Mark Brayne is the founder of the European DART Center for Journalism and Trauma. A former journalist and foreign correspondent, he works today as a psychotherapist and trainer.When – after 30 years - Mark Brayne stopped his work in journalism as European Editor with the BBC World Service, he became a full-time as therapist and trauma trainer. A profession he has been practising since 2003. Mark Brayne has been a news correspondent with Reuters and the BBC and after postings throughout the communist world in the 1970s and ‘80s, retrained as a psychotherapist in the ‘90s. He is one of Europe’s leading specialists in the field of journalism and trauma and has written and blogged on climate change and the psychology of denial.In this week’s Inspired Minds, Mark Brayne talks to Nathan Witkop about how he came to change his profession, his work as a trauma psychotherapist and how he believes humans are in a state of denial when it comes to the issue of climate change.
Paul Dudley White
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world."
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world."
Marie Leneru
"To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. but to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character."
"To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. but to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character."
Menander
"He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor."
"He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor."
Top picks: Daffy Duck toon classics, Maine's culinary delights, music for Haiti, and more
Classic Daffy Duck toons out on DVD, mouthwatering 'Fresh From Maine' cook book, 'Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti' CD, and more top picks.
Inspired Minds: One to One with flautist and music educator Margaret Crawford
Australian musician Margaret Crawford studied with legendry flute players, the likes of Jean-Pierre Rampal and Marcel Moyse. Today she is "artist in residence" at Australia's most prestigious music institution - the National Academy of Music in Melbourne. As a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician Margaret Crawford has toured Australia, New Zealand, Europe and South East Asia. She has broadcast extensively in Australia and recorded a number of works by Australian composers. In her teaching positions at many of Australia’s major music institutions, she has taught several generations of the country’s most successful musicians. In 1990 she was appointed Head of Woodwind, Brass and Percussion at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where she remained for eight years. In this week’s Inspired Minds, Margaret Crawford talks to Breandбin O’Shea about how a year-long convalescence as a child profoundly influenced her musical education, the inspiration she received during her studies with great flautists the likes of Jean-Pierre Rampal and how her teaching has been enriched by her own lifelong struggle to overcome the difficulties flute playing often presents.
Australian musician Margaret Crawford studied with legendry flute players, the likes of Jean-Pierre Rampal and Marcel Moyse. Today she is "artist in residence" at Australia's most prestigious music institution - the National Academy of Music in Melbourne. As a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician Margaret Crawford has toured Australia, New Zealand, Europe and South East Asia. She has broadcast extensively in Australia and recorded a number of works by Australian composers. In her teaching positions at many of Australia’s major music institutions, she has taught several generations of the country’s most successful musicians. In 1990 she was appointed Head of Woodwind, Brass and Percussion at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where she remained for eight years. In this week’s Inspired Minds, Margaret Crawford talks to Breandбin O’Shea about how a year-long convalescence as a child profoundly influenced her musical education, the inspiration she received during her studies with great flautists the likes of Jean-Pierre Rampal and how her teaching has been enriched by her own lifelong struggle to overcome the difficulties flute playing often presents.
John Masefield
"I have seen flowers come in stony places/ And kind things done by men with ugly faces/ And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races,/ So I trust too."
"I have seen flowers come in stony places/ And kind things done by men with ugly faces/ And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races,/ So I trust too."
Inspired Minds: One to One with art collector Harald Falckenberg
His collection of 2,000 works is known both for their quality and diversity. Every year 200 works are on loan to museums around the world including New York's MoMA and the Whitney Museum. Harald Falckenberg has had a multifaceted life - he was a great sportsman, he has made a name for himself as a lawyer and he runs a successful company. But he also writes essays and books and often delivers speeches about psychological issues. Last and certainly not least - Harald Falckenberg is Germany's most renowned art-collector. And he doesn't only own a unique collection - he stores it on five floors of a renovated factory hall in Hamburg - his very own `museumґ. In this week’s Inspired Minds, Harald Falckenberg talks to Peter Zimmermann about his journey to art and how he became the renowned collector he is today. Interview; Peter Zimmermann/Harald Falckenberg
His collection of 2,000 works is known both for their quality and diversity. Every year 200 works are on loan to museums around the world including New York's MoMA and the Whitney Museum. Harald Falckenberg has had a multifaceted life - he was a great sportsman, he has made a name for himself as a lawyer and he runs a successful company. But he also writes essays and books and often delivers speeches about psychological issues. Last and certainly not least - Harald Falckenberg is Germany's most renowned art-collector. And he doesn't only own a unique collection - he stores it on five floors of a renovated factory hall in Hamburg - his very own `museumґ. In this week’s Inspired Minds, Harald Falckenberg talks to Peter Zimmermann about his journey to art and how he became the renowned collector he is today. Interview; Peter Zimmermann/Harald Falckenberg
Top picks: A celebration of Mexican music, tour exotic homes, 'Entre Nos' DVD, and more recommendations
'Mi Alma Mexicana' CD celebrates Mexico, Architectural Digest steps into the exotic in its August issue, Paola Mendoza's film 'Entre Nos' comes out on DVD, and more top picks.
Bono
"There's the country of America, which you have to defend, but there's also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it's an idea. An idea that's supposed to be contagious."
"There's the country of America, which you have to defend, but there's also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it's an idea. An idea that's supposed to be contagious."
T. Campbell and Gisele Lagace
"I like weights. You know where you stand with them. Well, sometimes you're lying under them, trying not to let them crush you, but you see, you KNOW they'd crush you if they could. There's honesty."
"I like weights. You know where you stand with them. Well, sometimes you're lying under them, trying not to let them crush you, but you see, you KNOW they'd crush you if they could. There's honesty."