Wisdom Wednesdays

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?