Valuing The Arts

Published in the Fall 2023 Issue of Bowdoin Magazine

I remember the moment I wanted to pursue music more seriously. I was standing in Joshua’s Tavern in Brunswick, Maine, watching a blue-grass trio perform a song I recognized. The song spoke to me as I sang along to the familiar tune and its infectious chorus. I couldn’t quite place whose song it was, though. If that were today, I would simply pull out my phone, and Google would instantly provide an answer, but at the time, the smartphone was still about a year away from being everywhere. Read More