by melodie@melodiek.com | Oct 8, 2026 | Museletter, Musings
Imagine you’ve been admiring the work of a certain artist best known for a series of paintings composed entirely of shades of blue. Her work is unique. She is hailed as a genius. But then comes her first television interview, which you’re watching, of...
by melodie@melodiek.com | Sep 24, 2026 | Musings
“I will seize Fate by the throat; it shall certainly not bend or crush me completely. Oh, it would be so lovely to live a thousand lives!”—LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, COMING TO TERMS WITH HIS HEARING LOSS, IN A LETTER TO A FRIEND Do you have a favorite...
by melodie@melodiek.com | Aug 30, 2025 | Museletter, Musings
Likely, you’ve come across this quote before: “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, then go do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.” —American Author and Theologian Howard Thurman What makes me come alive is...
by melodie@melodiek.com | Aug 20, 2025 | Museletter, Musings
You don’t have to do some “great thing” to consider yourself a great artist. Here’s how I know. One evening in Rome’s Marconi District, a 20-minute drive from the Colosseum, the best restaurants buzzed with the conversation of happy,...
by melodie@melodiek.com | Aug 10, 2025 | Museletter, Musings
“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law.” —Galatians 4:4 ESV Wow, I thought. This is different. The pool’s surface lay more than 16 feet below the platform I stood upon. Jumping into its icy water from...
by melodie@melodiek.com | Jul 30, 2025 | Morocco, Museletter, Musings
The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. —Proverbs 24:16a NLT One movie I came to love while growing up was “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” What drew me to watch it the first time was that its lead character, Francie Nolan, was a Brooklyn...