"I have developed the habit of walking briskly through art museums. I do this for a couple reasons. First, it is simply not possible to take everything in (the psychic toll would be too great). Second, and more to the point, I do this to find the paintings that would reach out and include me. With most of my artistic encounters these days, whatever the medium or cultural expression, whether it's a painting, song or movie, I rarely feel like I'm a part of the equation. Usually I just feel assaulted: painted at, sung at, acted at. But when I am hailed by a work, invited by it, when it recognizes me as a kindred participant in its quest, I stop. In this case I am greeted by "Time On A String", the new album from Ortolan, a group of wonderful young women ... read more