
Stockhausen, Picasso, and Egg on your Face
Getting it wrong — and faking it — turned out to be useful. It taught me what real understanding takes, and how hard it is to ask for.
Peter is a writer, calligrapher, and retired design educator. His research spans Ancient Egyptian art, 17th Century Dutch Calligraphy, Edwardian postcards, and the history of Christmas cards.
Getting it wrong — and faking it — turned out to be useful. It taught me what real understanding takes, and how hard it is to ask for.
Sometimes the most powerful music is the kind that proves you wrong.
The most unforgettable lessons are often the ones that would never survive a curriculum review.
Even ordinary habits can become objects of worship — and battlegrounds for meaning.
What seems like chaos to one person is harmony to another. You can live side by side for decades and still be discovering how differently you experience the world.
Sometimes your body dives before your mind agrees — that’s when you know you’re on the ball.
What thrives in one place might be unwelcome in another. Sometimes it’s not who you are, but where you are that decides — what blooms in one garden gets pulled up by the roots in another.
You can teach the same formula a hundred times — but it only arrives when the context is right.
Something can be true — and still not the whole truth. That’s where understanding begins.