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the love of a good woman...

the love of a good woman...

Reflections for International Women’s Day.

the love of a good woman...

Reflections for International Women’s Day.

human capital vs the beauty of being whole✨

human capital vs the beauty of being whole✨

It kinda just seeped into the culture, thinking about human beings in terms of human capital as if we are assets to be scaled, leveraged, and traded.  Somewhere along the...

human capital vs the beauty of being whole✨

It kinda just seeped into the culture, thinking about human beings in terms of human capital as if we are assets to be scaled, leveraged, and traded.  Somewhere along the...

Triphammer Bridge 1974  Susan Rothenberg

the fire🔥within us—happy lunar new year!🧧

Fire changed everything for us. Its discovery reordered human connection and destiny, offering warmth, protection, and ritual. Fire is primal and dual-natured: destructive when untended, transformative when guided. It is...

the fire🔥within us—happy lunar new year!🧧

Fire changed everything for us. Its discovery reordered human connection and destiny, offering warmth, protection, and ritual. Fire is primal and dual-natured: destructive when untended, transformative when guided. It is...

the amazing body⭐️ our first home

the amazing body⭐️ our first home

The human body. It is a product of three billion years of evolutionary adaptations and it takes 7 billion, billion, billion atoms to make one according to bestselling author Bill...

the amazing body⭐️ our first home

The human body. It is a product of three billion years of evolutionary adaptations and it takes 7 billion, billion, billion atoms to make one according to bestselling author Bill...

a loving memoir of hands...

a loving memoir of hands...

Here’s to honoring February’s celebration of love and Black history.  So how does love begin?  Perhaps it springs from the memory of our mother’s hands, their wakefulness to perform ordinary...

a loving memoir of hands...

Here’s to honoring February’s celebration of love and Black history.  So how does love begin?  Perhaps it springs from the memory of our mother’s hands, their wakefulness to perform ordinary...

are you down for layered effects?🧐

are you down for layered effects?🧐

In ‘The Layers’ Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz said to “live in the layers, / not on the litter.” Polly Apfelbaum’s enclosed “Small Townville” artwork embodies for me the beauty of...

are you down for layered effects?🧐

In ‘The Layers’ Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz said to “live in the layers, / not on the litter.” Polly Apfelbaum’s enclosed “Small Townville” artwork embodies for me the beauty of...