Writing is 1% writing, 1% staring into space, and 98% doing little errands to “prepare” for writing. My favorite method of not writing is to compose a very specific playlist to “soundtrack” the thing ...

Will Arbery’s work challenges us to slow down, even when dealing with the pressures of political and social discord. Will Arbery’s play “Evanston Salt Costs Climbing” is currently running at Pershing ...

I usually talk and write about talking — communicating, presenting and public speaking. But this is no time to talk. It’s time to listen. So I’ve chosen this time to write about listening. This is not ...

Preparation has never been my finest attribute. In preparation for my GCSE History exam I watched ‘Where Eagles Dare’, building up a comprehensive case study based on Richard Burton fighting Nazi ...

We’ve all been on the receiving line before. The one where the customer service personnel on the other line clearly is not listening to the issue, does not care, is hard to understand, rude, too quiet ...

Creativity can be elusive — whether you feel the pressure to make something "good" or can't find time for your artistic endeavors – it can be hard to dedicate yourself to a creative practice. Cameron ...

Kimberly Probolus, who a year ago urged women to raise their voices and write more letters to the editor, now discusses the importance of listening. Kimberly Probolus, whose letter about the ...

Is it just me, or has the pandemic generated such a high baseline level of inner noise and anxious rumbling that it’s made it nearly impossible to focus on a conversation with another human being, ...

I remember my reaction when my wife called me at work to say a radiologist looked at her mammogram results and said: "Sure looks like cancer to me." I stupidly said, "Ew, that doesn't sound good." We ...