The Integrity of Roots: Sculptures of Sun-Hyuk Kim
Sun-Hyuk Kim makes sculptures that mimic roots and explore the meaning of being human, imbuing humanity and nature with dignity. It is important to treat our roots and the roots of …
The Importance of Creative Darkness: Exposed Roots by Katherine McDaniel
Creative people often examine the darkness around their roots for inspiration. Is it dangerous and risky to expose these roots? Human beings often speak of the foundations of their lives as …
Quote for Today: William James
Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest, which co-mingle their roots in the darkness underground. —William James Public Domain Image via Wikipedia
Quote for Today: Thích Nhất Hạnh
If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and …
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: Mark Helprin
Quite possibly there’s nothing as fine as a big freight train starting across country in early summer, Hardesty thought. That’s when you learn that the tragedy of plants is …
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
Quote for Today: Isabel Allende
Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you. —Isabel Allende
Separated from our Roots: Offshore by Kelly Ledsinger
There are emotions that are universal, or nearly so. The paradox is that they feel personal and difficult to share. Kelly Ledsinger shared this poem, entitled Offshore, at our last Open Mic, The Journey. …
The Roots We Carry With Us: Synkroniciti’s Open Mic: The Journey
Sometimes journeys and experiences bring our roots into focus. How do we use that vision to improve our lives? We had our third Open Mic here at synkroniciti on February 22. It was a …