Imagine, for me, an artist. Got it? Good. Now, let me paint you a picture, so to speak. The beatnik, smoking a cigarette in a grungy lounge somewhere. Or maybe the art collector snob, who buys pieces of trash for millions of dollars. Is that what you pictured? It is the unfortunate truth ...

It’s no secret that the Adirondacks is a special place. Where else can you walk through an Ice Palace, stand in an eagle’s nest at the Wild Center and brag about hosting two Olympic games? It’s no wonder why so many people are moving to the Tri-Lakes. For newcomers, it can be tough to ...

Too many teens seem to fit a mold assigned to them by their peers. Especially in high school, peers can dictate who you are, how you are expected to act and who you will become. However, not everyone fits the mold the world makes for them. We are all shaped by complex emotions and thoughts, ...

Perfection. To be perfect has one clear meaning: “To be free of faults and defects; as good as possible.” Nothing in this world is perfect, including my community of Bolton Landing. My community is close-knit and we value each other and what we know we can do to help others. However, ...

All throughout history, societal change has impacted art. The Greeks painted emperors onto vases, Christians painted their newly-murdered messiah on chapel walls, Warhol painted copy after copy of the same can of soup to represent his American culture. But we live in an age where change has ...

Is anyone else just tired of it all? 2020 was a difficult year for everyone, what with the global pandemic and everything that followed. Meanwhile, on social media everyone was losing their minds for a different reason: The need to be productive. The world had come to a creaking halt, people ...