Quote for Today: Cornel West
In these downbeat times, we need as much hope and courage as we do vision and analysis; we must accent the best of each other even as we point …
Quote for Today: Téa Obreht
When your fight has purpose–to free you from something, to interfere on the behalf of an innocent–it has a hope of finality. When the fight is about unraveling–when it is …
Quote for Today: James McBride
It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb waiting to go off. I always felt that …
Quote for Today: Albert Einstein
What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice. –Albert Einstein Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: Philipp Meyer
When we think of the myth of the settling of the West, this is our creation myth. But because we think of it as mythology, not as real people interacting …
Dawn without Memory: ISIS in Palmyra
Last May, the Islamic State took the ancient city of Palmyra. Why should we care that it is being destroyed? ISIS doesn’t have a good track record with UNESCO World …
The Tragedy of Roots: To a Dancer by Katherine McDaniel
Dance can circumvent words and create bonds across cultures. Could we allow the empathy it creates guide our daily lives? To a Dancer is a poem I wrote for a variety …
Quote for Today: Malcolm X
Because you can’t hate the roots of a tree, and not hate the tree. You can’t hate your origin and not end up hating yourself. ―Malcolm X, 1965
Reacting to Fear: Mary Engelbreit’s In the USA
Creativity can help us through uncomfortable emotions and thoughts. What happens when these personal visions strike a nerve with others? Mary Engelbreit is a children’s book illustrator and author from St. Louis, …
Be It Ever So Humble: The Southern Shotgun House
Society has a tendency to write off working class neighborhoods as lacking in creativity and artistry. Are we missing something? Vernacular architecture is that which uses local construction materials to …