A note from artist Ellen Danforth: My personal subtitle for this piece is “Justice for a Friend” since the substance of Report 31 called to my mind our family’s friend’s story: My husband’s best boyhood pal and best man at our wedding was scheduled for a non-emergency mitral valve surgery …

“There isn’t always appreciation or understanding of the Visual Arts but that is it’s greatest strength.  It fights being measured with precise accuracy much in the same way the truth resists one answer.  Art is the perfect medium for revealing the truth” Rebecca Soudant, 2018 Visual Arts A note from …

The Cree Nation of the Great Plains has a secret.   Scientists have researched for years what makes Cree so tall and strong. In fact, according to Scientific American, they are the tallest group of people in the world, averaging 2 cm taller than individuals of other backgrounds, who are considered …

Mindfulness is a type of meditative practice, which helps you focus on being fully present and aware of the contents of your mind, and what you’re sensing and feeling in the moment, without judgment and reactivity.   There couldn’t be a more challenging time to practice Mindfulness than when there …

Lost Confidence, Welling Shame Photo by Miikka A. on Unsplash I stepped back into Manhattan and Brooklyn last week, down to the city from my life in the deep upstate woods. I was revisiting the world of privilege that had ousted me in 2021, and that had been so confident …