Ronald Cortez Herd II began drawing at the age of two because he had a speech problem. Twenty years later, he can’t stop using his deep, swift Southern drawl-one of many trademarks-to talk about his artwork.
Looking back on his youth in Memphis, Herd said his friends were mostly on TV, so he began drawing cartoon characters, but never stick figures he’s quick to point out.
Today as I entered my car, I found the following note affixed to the steering wheel. Due to my inability to write my own editorial this week, I am using my editorial prowess to publish this letter here for you, and you only. Enjoy profusely.
My dear Miss Emily,
Sitting in the hallowed drive of Waterman, day in and day out, I am at once your guard, your chauffer and your confidant.
When Abby Wilner graduated from Washington University, she never thought she’d make use of her psychology major.
And now, nearly five years later, not only is Wilner using her psychology knowledge, but an entire generation of young adults as well.
They’re known as “twentysomethings” and they’re in crisis.
The Gargoyle switched from serving beer to high fashion on Saturday afternoon at the School of Art’s 73rd annual fashion show. Quirky children’s songs helped calm the excited, packed crowd of parents and friends who had to wait an extra fifteen minutes past the 4 pm scheduled start.
Early Sunday morning in the second weekend of September, someone robbed Bill Joyce. He had barely started at his post and had only made $7 or $8. But he had just been paid on Friday and was planning to go grocery shopping, so he had another $50 on him.
Waiting to cross Skinker the other day, I noticed a backseat rubber-faced goblin spastically shaking his head and wildly raising his hands as his driver waited to turn. Passing motorists slowed down to get a good look at the menace praising the season upon us. After smiling to myself and grieving for my lost youth, [...]
Web Master The first show of the Ovations! 2001-2002 series is a play of sorts called Charlie Victor Romeo, and it opens, in blazing glory, this weekend. The play is about plane crashes-real plane crashes. And it’s not so much a play as a graphic re-enactment. Performers in Charlie Victor Romeo take transcripts of cockpit [...]
John Lennon “Gimme Some Truth” From Imagine (1973) An infinitely more sincere and convincing protest song than Rage Against the Machine could ever have penned. On this incendiary rant Lennon has the trembling fury of a manic street preacher, and the lyrical genius of, well, John Lennon (at his best). A ragged, angrily plucked augmented [...]
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