The Paradox Of Humility

“Humility sets itself against many of our most fundamental impulses, clips our wings, and negates our desires – working, in a sense, against nature itself. … [Yet humility] is a virtue that is constantly in danger of subverting itself and turning into its own opposite” – proud and ostentatious.

Um, Grown-Ups? Teenagers Don’t Bother With Twitter.

“I hate it when they say, ‘Follow me on Twitter,’ as if we’re interested in every little thing they have to say,” one 17-year-old explained. “It’s just an adult thing. Our music teacher kept saying that she would put stuff up for us to follow on Twitter until one day she said, ‘OK, who’s following me on Twitter?’ And no one raised their hand.”

Dawn Upshaw To Direct 2011 Ojai Festival

“Soprano Dawn Upshaw has been named music director of the 2011 Ojai Music Festival. … [She] is the latest in a long line of guest artists who have been invited to help create programming for the four-day summer fest.” In addition, the festival is launching a collaboration with Berkeley’s Cal Performances to be called “Ojai North!”

‘The Glass Slipper Ceiling’ – Why Aren’t More Women Running US Ballet Companies?

“All top-tier ballet companies (budgets over $7M) in the U.S. are run by men. Of the next tier down, only four companies are run by women … This male domination of leadership roles is not true outside the States; England’s Royal Ballet, France’s Paris Opéra Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, and the Royal Ballet of Flanders are all run by women.”