Yearning for Catharsis: The Transitory Sound and Movement Collective
When we get caught up in evaluating performance, life, and art, become uninspired. How do we refresh our vision? I found my seat in the darkened room. A soundless film …
Quote for Today: Sue Monk Kidd
The only way I have ever understood, broken free, emerged, healed, forgiven, flourished, and grown powerful is by asking the hardest questions and then living into the answers through opening …
Owning Aggression: Sonya Tayeh’s Baggage
Many believe art should always emphasize the beautiful and balanced. Can art help us understand and heal our dark side? Sonya Tayeh is best known as a choreographer on …
Quote for Today: Michael Meade
The only choice once your world has been torn apart is to find your genius and live with that. ‘Normal’ is out of the question. The healing for veterans, or …
A Healing Song: The Breathless Choir
Society encourages us to pursue marketable things at which we excel. Is there value in pursuits that challenge our weaknesses? The weeding and winnowing starts when we are very young. What was …
Quote for Today: Jennifer DeLucy
It makes me sad that so many people feel they’re only allowed to show their best face, while their humanity and vulnerabilities are forbidden and hidden. How else do …
Quote for Today: Richard Attenborough
There is a light in this world. A healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometime lose sight of this force when there is suffering, and …
Through the Dream of a Child: Brent Bonacorso’s West of the Moon
There is pain and struggle in life that is universal. How can art help us to approach these things differently? Brent Bonacorso has directed videos for Elton John (Home Again) and Katy Perry …
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 …
Quote for Today: Rose Kennedy
It has been said, “time heals all wounds.” I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain …