Life Drawing

I could barely draw a stick figure of a person or a dog, so I signed up for what I thought would be a beginner’s art class. Instead, I found myself in a room full of semi-experienced artists who were learning to draw actual nude people from life. Click here to...

ERECTOR SET

Memories, collage, felt and antique jewelry, by Rosannne Ehrlich Erector Set by Eileen Pollack   Tired of hearing me complain that my parents had refused to buy me an Erector Set, an architect friend gave me a vintage set he’d found at a yard sale. The instant I...

Can ChatGPT Write a Literary Masterpiece?

Here’s an essay I wrote that appeared in the most recent issue of Poets & Writers : https://www.pw.org/content/the_antithesis_of_inspiration_why_chatgpt_will_never_write_a_literary_masterpiece.

SOUNDPROOF: Admit It, You Didn’t Hear a Word I Said

For years, my sister chided me that I was missing half of what she said. But I had been trying to tune out my sister’s chidings for six decades, so I assumed my brain had fallen into the habit of selectively muting her. Then my boyfriend told me to get my hearing...