A Quiet Revolution: Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience
We classify ourselves into groups which give meaning and order to our experiences. What happens when those groups inhibit growth? Ronit is the daughter of an orthodox Jewish rabbi, living …
Quote for Today: L.R. Knost
Challenging boundaries is not simply social rebellion. It is the catalyst of social evolution. When systems go unchallenged, they grow complacent and corrupt. Raising generation after generation of rule followers …
Quote for Today: Robert Hughes
It seems obvious, looking back, that the artists of Weimar Germany and Leninist Russia lived in a much more attenuated landscape of media than ours, and their reward was …
Quote for Today: Karen Armstong
We need myths that will help us to identify with all our fellow-beings, not simply with those who belong to our ethnic, national or ideological tribe. We need myths …
Quote for Today: Assata Shakur
this is the 21st century and we need to redefine r/evolution. this planet needs a people’s r/evolution. a humanist r/evolution. r/evolution is not about bloodshed or about going to the …
Quote for Today: Jim Morrison
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. …
Quote for Today: Tennessee Williams
You said, “They’re harmless dreamers and they’re loved by the people.” “What,” I asked you, “is harmless about a dreamer, and what,” I asked you, “is harmless about the love …
Quote for Today: Ann Druyan
It takes a fearless, unflinching love and deep humility to accept the universe as it is. The most effective way he knew to accomplish that, the most powerful tool at …
Quote for Today: Jennifer Donnelly
I have done this—made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts …
Painting the Face of the Arab Spring: Street Art of Tripoli, Beirut, and Cairo
Art starts conversations and inspires thought that frightens tyrants. What is the future of art in a society in transition? Synkroniciti is excited to share three jaw-dropping short films produced …