Look and Listen #30: Aniyah Smith, Healing
Healing is a poem by Aniyah Smith, a New York based poet from Washington, DC. She was the 2018 DC Youth Poet Laureate, 2018 DC Youth Slam Grand Slam Team …
Look and Listen #29: William Kleinelder and the Healing Power of Art
This is the story of William Kleinelder, who was wounded by an IED while driving a Humvee on a medical mission in Iraq. Art is a part of recovery for …
Look and Listen #28: The Healing arts of Pamela Jacques
Watch artist, storyteller and prison counselor Pamela Jacques use her talents to inspire and heal others. Wait until the end… I was delighted. We throw people away without ever knowing …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #14: Artist Jacqui Beck of Seattle
Two weeks into our Globe-trotting travel series, today we visit contemporary mixed-media artist Jacqui Beck of Seattle, painting in her beautiful backyard with her cats. For her, this quarantine time …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #12: Hoop Dance Ceremony across the US and Canada
Today’s Globe-trotting Travel Series (Day 12) is a thrilling digital collaboration and conglomeration of Native American hoop dancers from across the US and Canada. They dance against the virus, they …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #3: Street Murals in Long Beach, CA, USA
Today our Globe-trotting Travel Series comes from Long Beach, California, USA. This video from a local newspaper, The Grunion, features artists Meghan Boterenbrood and Ronnie De Leon who are painting …
40 days of poetry: Day 31: from When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams
Day 31: Today’s poem is from Terry Tempest William‘s When Women Were Birds and was suggested by Janice Van Derbur. We forget how wonderful the natural world is and how …
Quote for Today: Michael Meade
There will always be the facts of life to contend with, and there are times when the facts can become overwhelming. Yet, there is a poem at the heart of …
Quote for Today: Laura Hough
The healing process is best described as a spiral. Survivors go through the stages once, sometimes many times; sometimes in one order, sometimes in another. Each time they hit a …
Quote for Today: Alice Walker
You think you can avoid [pain,] but you actually can’t. If you do, you just get sicker, or you feel more pain. But if you can speak it, if you …