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    Person wearing watch, grabbing puzzle pieces - How to Reduce Your Brain’s Blind Spots With Simple Training

    REDUCE YOUR BRAIN’S BLIND SPOTS: How cognitive training enhances self-awareness

    Senior couple walking down trail in fall - Exercise as Play: A Small Shift Makes a Big Difference

    EXERCISE AS PLAY: Movement, mindfulness and mental health

    Three wooden markers on signpost on outdoor path - The 3 Powerful Words That Became Markers on My Mindful Path

    COMPLICATIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, CONFUSIONS: 3 words that became markers on a mindful path

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    Glass jar full of blue paint next to paintbrushes on table - Take Stock of Your Precious Life: An Inspiring Fiction Story

    TSYPL: The best—and most mindful—stock to invest in right now

    Full moon behind a rural house - “Sturgeon Moon” and 3 Other Poems With Passion

    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Sturgeon Moon, That Morning In Athens and more

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

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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

    Joe Biden with other world leaders - Political Power: 3 Ways Democratic Voters Can Battle Fascism

    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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A FRESH CANVAS: Painting a new life

Wanda Monague·May 6, 2013
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A LOOK BACK AT THE VIETNAM WAR: Poems and photos by George Payne

George Cassidy Payne·January 11, 2019
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
Abstract 266 - Jim Fuess

ABSTRACT ART: Paintings by Jim Fuess

Contributing Writer·July 3, 2012
Six paintings displayed in Max Reif's hallway

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

Max Reif·November 6, 2021
tree shaping

ARBORSCULPTURE: The artful science of tree shaping

Contributing Writer·June 8, 2012
mandala - art of compassion

ART OF COMPASSION: The sacred art of sand mandalas

Contributing Writer·April 21, 2013
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
tattoo - body art

BODY ART & STORYTELLING: Meaningful expressions of individualism

Gabriella Lancia·April 11, 2013
graffiti alley, Toronto

BREAKING UP THE GREY: How graffiti art brightens up lives

Lara Pazek·April 2, 2020
Burdens of being an artist

BURDENS: Being, burdens and approaching things head-on

Vera Chiu·February 5, 2021
Wind turbines on wind farm

CLEANTECH ART: Q&A with Land Art Generator Initiative

Kiva Bottero·February 18, 2012
Cave paintings

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

Contributing Writer·November 10, 2012
Glacier calving - Expressive nature photography

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

Contributor·July 26, 2017
Waiting for trains by Mathew Merrett

FINDING BEAUTY IN DISINTEGRATION: An interview with photographer Mathew Merrett

CathLopes·November 7, 2012
gods-in-print-lord-krishna

GODS IN PRINT: Masterpieces of India’s mythological art

Contributing Writer·March 8, 2013
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GREEN ART: Environmentally conscious artists create green art

Contributing Writer·June 26, 2008
Holier Than Thou - Barelkowski

HOLIER THAN THOU: Discussing religion and spirituality through art

Niyati Shah·November 2, 2012
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
Black marker on paper - Making Marks excerpt

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

Contributor·June 19, 2014
jellyfish

MIKSANG: Contemplative Photography That Conflates Meditation and Art

Contributing Writer·June 10, 2007
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MINDFUL CALLIGRAPHY: Thich Nhat Hanh’s art of mindfulness

Contributing Writer·June 8, 2012
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
Pink dahlia painting - Art by Molly Cranch

PAINTINGS BY MOLLY CRANCH: How mindfulness positively impacted her work

Contributor·December 22, 2017
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