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    Young man sitting pensively on bench next to tree, looking at water - Understand Your Mind and Honour Its Value

    UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR MIND WORKS: And embrace that pattern as worthy of respect

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    THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS: Carefully selecting your plants contributes to mindfulness and well-being

    Boat with lantern floating in stormy water - The Path to Inner Simplicity Starts With Mindfulness

    THE PATH OF INNER SIMPLICITY: Knowing stillness in the heart of the storm

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    Bird footprints in snow - 4 Soothing Poems, Including ”Sacred Heart, Sacred Light”

    POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: For Larry, Tracks and more

    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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    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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calligraphy

MINDFUL CALLIGRAPHY: Thich Nhat Hanh’s art of mindfulness

Contributing Writer·June 8, 2012
Wind turbines on wind farm

CLEANTECH ART: Q&A with Land Art Generator Initiative

Kiva Bottero·February 18, 2012
Glacier calving - Expressive nature photography

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

Contributor·July 26, 2017
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
graffiti alley, Toronto

BREAKING UP THE GREY: How graffiti art brightens up lives

Lara Pazek·April 2, 2020
mountains nature green art

GREEN ART: Environmentally conscious artists create green art

Contributing Writer·June 26, 2008
Sleep Anywhere - Eleanor Leonne Bennett

PHOTOS by Eleanor Leonne Bennett

Contributing Writer·February 26, 2012
Cave paintings

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

Contributing Writer·November 10, 2012
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
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
the puzzling mind

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

Angelica Pajkovic·April 19, 2017
Jenny Holzer's truism art

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

Contributing Writer·April 14, 2012
talk about surrealism art

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

Max Reif·October 18, 2015
Holier Than Thou - Barelkowski

HOLIER THAN THOU: Discussing religion and spirituality through art

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

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

Contributor·June 19, 2014
CLOUD OF UNKNOWING: Guy Laramee creates art that just “is” - laroussemethodique

THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING: Guy Laramee’s book sculptures question culture and technology

Melissa Venditti·July 8, 2012
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
tree landscape raqs media collective

RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE: Profile of the collective and their art

Contributing Writer·February 5, 2012
tattoo - body art

BODY ART & STORYTELLING: Meaningful expressions of individualism

Gabriella Lancia·April 11, 2013
Magic Wave - art by Reuben Margolin

WAVES IN TIME: Reuben Margolin’s art of movement

Contributing Writer·May 16, 2012
photos poems payne david

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

George Cassidy Payne·January 11, 2019
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