by Mackenzie Patel Although sifting through thousands of words and paragraphs is pure ecstasy for me, I’m not the fastest reader in the universe. I often have to read slowly and then reread several times phrases, whole pages, or even entire chapters until the gist of words becomes crystallized in my memory. I’ve noticed that… Read More
by Mackenzie Patel Listening to the overwhelming beauty of Debussy’s Pagodes is like leaping into a timeless Impressionism canvas, the splotches of greens and natural blues and vivid yellows constructing themselves into a perfect meadow with beautiful Black Eyed Susans and tranquility. Hearing Scheherazade for the millionth time is no less gut-wrenching or spine-chilling than the… Read More