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ART AND WELLNESS: Creating art for self-expression and healing

ART, MUSIC AND WELLNESS: Personal healing through self-expression - Sand painting - Sand & Strings by John Thiering

From finger-painting to intricate landscape portraits, Lady Gaga to Chopin, art provokes spiritual wellness. Even before hospitals hired musicians to perform for traumatized veterans during the…

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TRUISM ART: Jenny Holzer’s conceptual art questions generally accepted truths

TRUISM ART: Jenny Holzer - mindful words and thoughts in public spaces

“Protect me from what I want.” A pithy, almost reactionary statement for our time, acknowledging a certain overindulgence, an excess. What we want is simply too much. Such are the messages…

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PHOTOS by Eleanor Leonne Bennett

sleep anywheress by Eleanor Leonne Bennett

A selection of photography by Eleanor Leonne Bennett, a 15 year old award-winning photographer and artist who has won first place with National Geographic…

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SANA MUSASAMA: Ceramic Artist

The Unknown/The Unnamed, Sana Musasama’s provocative exhibition of ceramic sculptures—powerful homage to the victims of humankind’s unspeakable inhumanity to one another…

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YARNBOMB! Beautifying public space through knitting

Yarn on trees: Yarnbombing - beautifying public space through knitting

Over, under, through, we settle into a rhythm. Our click-click-clicking becomes a trancelike song. For perhaps half an hour we set about marking our territory, focused on one goal. As a police…

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Environmentally-conscious artists create green art

Environmentally-conscious artists create green art

Art is a powerful medium used for social commentary. Environmentalism is a theme duly present in this realm of critique, but when…

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MIKSANG: Contemplative photography that conflates meditation and art

MIKSANG: Contemplative photography that conflates meditation and art

In general, meditation refers to the state of being awake: the realization of unselfconscious awareness which allows us to connect…

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HOLY: A prose poem by Max Reif

HOLY: Prose poem by Max Reif

The word Holy had lost its way. It was speaking on a soapbox in the park. People passed by, oblivious. A few stopped to gawk or jeer. Only one little boy stood listening, enrapt…

MY DENNY’S “AMERICANA” ADVENTURE: Two essays by Max Reif

My Denny's Americana Adventure - two essays by Max Reif

Americans know Denny’s, the chain of so-so diners that in many areas are the only places to go after a night of carousing or, conversely, upon very early rising, as the only places open all night…

GHEE: A healthier alternative to butter (with ghee recipe)

To Ghee or not to ghee: Clarified butter - a healthier alternative

To some it’s known as clarified butter, to others the golden elixir of healing—ghee is a staple ingredient in Indian cooking and Ayurvedic healing known for its versatility, great taste, and many…

BANGALORE: One foot dangling in the future, one hoof rooted in the past

BANGALORE: One foot dangling in the future, one hoof rooted in the past - image roadsigns

Sadar Patrappa Road is commonly abbreviated to S.P. Road, nice and short for those wanting to save some time saying the extra syllables. This is Bangalore after all—the hub of India’s fast-paced…