Susan Kleiner, on Kabbalah and Bridges


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The artist Susan Kleiner and I got into a discussion about Kabbalah the other day at the coffee house, The Muddy Cup, that is showing her work in Beacon, N.Y. She said that at one Kabbalah center, they make you run your finger over the spines of religious books on a Read More

California Dreamin’— With Wide Open Eyes

You get a lot of strange reactions when you say you like Los Angeles in New York. A furrowed brow, sometimes a disapproving snort, usually followed by the inevitable comeback that San Francisco is so much better. I don’t get this. Sure, San Francisco is pretty as a postcard, but to me, it’s just the Read More

California Dreamin’- With Wide Open Eyes

You get a lot of strange reactions when you say you like Los Angeles in New York. A furrowed brow, sometimes a disapproving snort, usually followed by the inevitable comeback that San Francisco is so much better. I don’t get this. Sure, San Francisco is pretty as a postcard, but to me, it’s just the Read More