Clarissa Pinkola Estes is calling we creatives to action. She is asking us to claim our freedom.

When was the last time you sat in the dark without turning on a lamp or lighting a candle, savoring the darkness late at night or early in the morning?

Snow was falling and I was listening to Christmas music on my iPod. What better way to celebrate the Solstice and the holiday season than with the words of John Lennon.

Janice Griffin is a painter living in Portland, Oregon (soon to be moving to New Mexico) and a reader of the blog. Here are some of her musings about art.

An Excerpt from The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife by Marianne Williamson

“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell

For all its uncertainty and fragility, birth is dispassionate and compelling. How else does life answer its longing for itself?