Through the window, I saw the beautiful world outside: the sky, the sun, the cacti, the rocks, and the dirt. How I longed to return to it! I licked at the air, trying to smell the desert's delicious dusty scent, but could not. How was I able to see it without smelling it? Did … Continue reading Quote for Today: Patrick Jennings
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Sharing a Difficult Journey: The Art Installations of Serge Alain Nitegeka
How do we break cycles of violence? Art helps us share painful personal stories and build empathy across cultural lines. Serge Alain Nitegeka was born in 1983 in the African nation of Burundi. When he was eleven years old his homeland erupted into open conflict between the Tutsi and Hutu tribes, violence that devastated Burundi and neighboring Rwanda. … Continue reading Sharing a Difficult Journey: The Art Installations of Serge Alain Nitegeka
Quote for Today: Richelle E. Goodrich
People will insist on building high and wide barriers directly in your path, often with the intent of closing you in. If you treat these obstacles like fencing walls, they will prove mightily so. I choose to see them as grand towers meant to be scaled and conquered, providing an added victory as well as … Continue reading Quote for Today: Richelle E. Goodrich
