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    THE ENDS NEVER JUSTIFY THE MEANS: Gandhi’s radical lesson for today

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    “MY RELIGION IS KINDNESS”: 10 mindful living tips inspired by the Dalai Lama

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    BEWARE OF BAD ACTORS: 3 steps to take if you suspect someone’s “gaslighting” you

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    ALASKA WINGS: Soaring across the mountains while releasing fear and doubt

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    INEFFABLE: A visitation from a beautiful soul I’d never forget

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    POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Essential Language, Metaphorically Speaking and more

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    MINDFUL LEADERSHIP IN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Empowering leaders to create positive change

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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

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    REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S POLITICAL REALITIES: We can prevail over ignorance, lies and Trump

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    Malecon in La Paz, Mexico - Back on American Soil: A Safe Return Home From La Paz

    IMPEDIMENTS FACED: A safe return home from La Paz, Mexico

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    TYING UP LOOSE ENDS: One last—and glorious—day in La Paz, Mexico [Part 7]

    Facebook on laptop in La Paz hotel room - NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico

    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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travel collage of photos and words - Collage Art: Discover the Therapeutic Benefits Today

WELLNESS THROUGH ART: The therapeutic benefits of collage

Sadie Kromm·January 11, 2024
Six paintings displayed in Max Reif's hallway

AN ARTIST’S JOURNEY CONTINUES: A year of surprises in paint

Max Reif·November 6, 2021
Burdens of being an artist

BURDENS: Being, burdens and approaching things head-on

Vera Chiu·February 5, 2021
graffiti alley, Toronto

BREAKING UP THE GREY: How graffiti art brightens up lives

Lara Pazek·April 2, 2020
Visitors going through Meow Wolf exhibit in Santa Fe - Art reimagined

ART REIMAGINED: The magic of Meow Wolf in Santa Fe

Daphne Jones·February 5, 2019
photos poems payne david

A LOOK BACK AT THE VIETNAM WAR: Poems and photos by George Payne

George Cassidy Payne·January 11, 2019
Pink dahlia painting - Art by Molly Cranch

PAINTINGS BY MOLLY CRANCH: How mindfulness positively impacted her work

Contributor·December 22, 2017
Glacier calving - Expressive nature photography

EXPRESSIVE NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY: How to capture images that’ll tell a story

Contributor·July 26, 2017
Cropped Union painting by Max Reif - A process of birth

A PROCESS OF BIRTH: Reflections on the creation of a new painting

Max Reif·June 25, 2017
the puzzling mind

THE PUZZLING MIND: How doing jigsaw puzzles can help us focus on each moment

Angelica Pajkovic·April 19, 2017
Coloured pencils with curved effect - Mindfulness and the art of drawing

MINDFULNESS AND THE ART OF DRAWING: A full-body sensory experience

Contributor·April 5, 2017
"Cycles" mandala painting - Plunging back into art

PLUNGING BACK INTO ART: Reflections on Jung and the creative process in 5 new works

Max Reif·June 1, 2016
talk about surrealism art

TALK ABOUT SURREALISM: How an “art scam” led to a visual artist’s renewed inspiration

Max Reif·October 18, 2015
Salvador Dali

SALVADOR DALÍ: The crazy, the fantastic, the brilliant

Kyla Giffin·August 4, 2015
Black marker on paper - Making Marks excerpt

MAKING MARKS: Open your imagination’s floodgates with “stream drawing”

Contributor·June 19, 2014
Yvonne McKague Housser painting - Selling out artistically

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SELL OUT?: Reflections on the Sell Out? exhibit at the Ottawa Art Gallery

Erica Roberts·September 26, 2013
art - return from displacement

RETURN FROM DISPLACEMENT: Celebrating defining moments

Wanda Monague·July 8, 2013
art artist - fresh canvas

A FRESH CANVAS: Painting a new life

Wanda Monague·May 6, 2013
mandala - art of compassion

ART OF COMPASSION: The sacred art of sand mandalas

Contributing Writer·April 21, 2013
tattoo - body art

BODY ART & STORYTELLING: Meaningful expressions of individualism

Gabriella Lancia·April 11, 2013
gods-in-print-lord-krishna

GODS IN PRINT: Masterpieces of India’s mythological art

Contributing Writer·March 8, 2013
LIKE I WANT IT TO BE: An interview with photographer Caras Ionut

LIKE I WANT IT TO BE: An interview with photographer Caras Ionut

Jane Olivier·November 26, 2012
Cave paintings

ENTER THE CAVE: Explore the origin of art when humans were wild and imaginations untamed

Contributing Writer·November 10, 2012
Waiting for trains by Mathew Merrett

FINDING BEAUTY IN DISINTEGRATION: An interview with photographer Mathew Merrett

CathLopes·November 7, 2012
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