Take a Mormon from Utah, teach him Japanese, send him to Australia, and what do you get? For David Boyle, enough material for two feature films about the Japanese culture set both in the U.S. and Japan. In November, Boyle's latest movie, "White on Rice," ...

In 2005, the rock songwriter collapsed after a show and nearly died from complications of Hepatitis C. Ill and depressed, Alejandro Escovedo put rock and roll behind him. He told us about the gift that got him singing again. His new album is Real Animal. ...

Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated, explains why boxes by the artist Joseph Cornell inspired him to re-think the craft of fiction-writing.

His work isn't made to last -- some of it will start falling apart when the tide comes in, or the sun rises - but the artist Andy Goldsworthy has passionate admirers who find incredible depth in his work. Studio 360's Ave Carrillo, and ...

In 2003, Singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo collapsed after a show in Arizona. He was rushed to the hospital, where he nearly died from complications of Hepatitis C. Escovedo told producer Michael May about the gift that got him singing again.

When Amy Douglas was a teenager; her parents forced her to attend a far away boarding school in the Arizona desert. Amy fell deep into a depression -- but a cassette of The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads helped save her life. Produced by

Asking students to write about a painting or a photo is an old chestnut of creative writing classes. Mickey Clement says a standard exercise like that actually changed her life -- and made her a novelist.

When Tom Long first heard the song "Born to Run" in the summer of 1976, he realized he was just like a character in a Bruce Springsteen song; living a life of quiet desperation in a dead-end job. So Tom joined the army.

Dave Alvin founder of the rock band "The Blasters," talks about the time he almost quit music. Produced by Michael May.