Author Archives: Bill Halamandaris

(Viktor Frankl was the author of 39 books, including Man’s Search for Meaning.  In l985, he sat down with me for a rare interview.  Long lost, this interview has been found and is printed here along with a paper about … Continue reading →

This is hard. We are being asked to do the things we have never done before. Don’t touch. Stay away from family members. Avoid hospitals or nursing homes – no matter how sick or lonely your loved ones are. Don’t … Continue reading →

When I was a boy of nine or ten, I was walking through the woods with my Father and came upon a large fallen tree.  For some reason, I noticed the rings revealed where the tree had been cut.  When … Continue reading →

Albrecht Durer, generally regarded as the greatest artist of the German Renaissance, was one of l8 children born to a goldsmith in a tiny village near Nuremberg.  As a boy, Durer worked at every job he could find to help … Continue reading →

Most of our formal education is dedicated to the perfection of skills without considering their application.  For many people, including myself, the result is often a confusion of means and ends which first manifests itself when we graduate from school … Continue reading →