Tag Archive | Art
Art and healing the collective body: reconfiguring controversial public art
Dearest readers, A friend and very talented and compassionate fellow writer recently shared with me the fascinating and horrifying true story of her ancestor, Massachusetts Puritan Hannah Duston (1657-1736). Hannah Duston has been commemorated and was at one time celebrated for her brutal and vengeful acts of scalping and murdering in their sleep 10 Native […]
Creativity in the time of COVID-19: Why be creative only in times of crisis?
Dearest readers, I celebrated (in my own way) my 53rd birthday this April 4th. 4/4/2020 is said to be the day of perfect balance in the year of perfect balance. Although the world seems chaotic these days, we are clearly shifting in the physical or most dense areas of life on Earth to a new […]
The Light Quotient and self-healing
Close to 2,000 people take part in the “I Meditate” Africa Month Program in Richmond, South Africa, on May 27, 2017. “I Meditate” is a volunteer-based nonprofit organization devoted to teaching meditation as part of self discipline and peace building, especially in prisons, schools, educational and social institutions, and in highly stressful environments. The town […]
Delighted! Signs the collective is moving to service to others ethic
Dearest readers, I am always looking out for clues and definite signs that our shared reality is shifting from a service-to-self philosophy based on greed, separation, and lack to one that is expansive, holistic, conceptual, compassionate, and generous. In this nascent reality that we are all evolving into and building together, all people, animals, […]
Artistic expression and the immune system
Dear readers, Arts programs are the first to be cut from school budgets when the economy is tanking, yet the arts are extremely important for our minds, hearts, and even our health. Artistic creation includes an exploration of the unconscious mind, which is a collection of energies, positive and negative. Artists seek to create harmonies […]
America is a welfare state…for rich people!
Hello readers, When I lived in France, I never felt poor, even though I never earned very much money. I felt like my life was focused on creativity, on being an artist, then a parent,on living the life I wanted to live. I had to live very frugally in order to accomplish this, and I owned […]
a frozen apple (a poem)
encased, sparkling a dangerous edge to a sweetly dripping bicuspid enclose defensive venom just in case they try to strike out we all tiptoe with hidden knives we are adults and yet the tender fruit inside our sacks of muscle and bone belies the toughness of the skin tears gather knotted in my throat the desire […]
My life of poverty and abundance as a creative person (my story)
Hello readers, As an artist and creative person, my prime preoccupation has always been freedom. Freedom to spend the limited time I have on this planet thinking, dreaming, creating art and thoughts about life and art. The freedom to be a creative person can be conceived on different levels. Each of us has to […]
Dreaded Fat into Gold (a fable)
Once upon a slipper chair fashioned of twisted gold sat a hairy, wart-covered hag Her legs twisted columns adorned by ornate spirals and tendrils It was said that she was hideously beautiful. Surrounded by a vault of bronze coated iron, the coffered ceiling encrusted in mosaics of alabaster and onyx She was the oracle for every day […]
Vision: Creating Thoughts to Make Our Lives More Joyful
Hello readers, Thoughts are an art form. For most of my life, I was conditioned to believe that the world exists and that I must adapt to it. It is only through my explorations of books, gleaning wisdom from the experiences and reflections of other people as well as my own that I have come to […]
What is the “Matter” with the Way We Choose to See the “Physical” World? Some thoughts on body, health, mind, and matter
Hello readers, From what I glean about recent findings in quantum physics (an area which always interests artists, innovators, and free thinkers of all areas of expertise) – the world exists only in our minds. As each particle is named and discovered, we end up realizing that there is endless space inside everything. Basically, the […]
Portrait of a Proper Lady with Snake: a drawing
Hello readers, This drawing does not represent someone I know. Rather she came to me from my imagination – a proper “southern” lady wearing white gloves, holding a small apparently inoffensive snake as if it were a purse matching her gloves. The neglect of the feminine is my subject of fascination. The mystery and duality […]
Beloved Connection: Scamming for Affection and other Modern Past-times
Hello readers, Each time I visit my blog, I check the statistics page to see how many people from how many countries have visited. It touches my heart and amazes me that, so far, at least one person from 56 different countries from all over our Earth have at least peeked at my blog. I get […]
In the Shadow of the Banyan: Comments on the Book
Hello readers, Some of you may have read Vaddey Ratner’s lyrical and inspiring story of survival in her autobiographical novel, “In the Shadow of the Banyan”, which takes place during the Communist revolution in Cambodia. While the author did change some details with respect to the actual events, timeline, and persons involved in her personal […]
Living Simply: A New Standard of Living
Hello readers, I have always aspired to living simply, and for the most part, I feel I have succeeded. Although I have never earned much more than $20,000 a year, I manage to live simply with a focus on enjoying the moment. I feel that a high standard of living means doing work that has meaning, having […]
How to Make Happiness Out of Suffering
Hello readers, A few years back I discovered something on a personal level that sages have known for thousands of years: that our words and thoughts have great power. As days and years added on to my experiences, I also began to realize that I am the creator of my own life. My life is my […]
The Courage to Unfold
Hello readers, Right now I am wrestling with the unfolding of the next stage in my life. I feel the necessity of moving on, to leaving my current work, to shedding my current skin for a larger and more complex hide, to accommodate a newer version of myself. I am leading myself to believe that […]
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