Art Revival

This post contains affiliate links. “I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.” ~ Paul Wellstone “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”Continue reading “Art Revival”

Empathy Rising!

This post contains affiliate links. “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit.” ~ Elon Musk “…you’ve lost, old man!” Voldemort talking to Dumbledore while possessing Harry’s body. Harry’s response, “You’re the weak one. And you’ll never know love, or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.” “Stanford University psychologist Jamil Zaki,Continue reading “Empathy Rising!”

Stories: The Oldest Teaching Tool

This  post contains affiliate links. “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C Schank, Cognitive Scientist “Spiritual transformation is our remaining pathway to sustainability as a species embedded on this planet.” ~ Gayatri Laraine I’m on a mission. My goal is to useContinue reading “Stories: The Oldest Teaching Tool”

Classic Cinema with the Sage Sisters

“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist This post contains affiliate links. Again, my apologies for not posting a regular blog post in awhile. I’ve been very busy with my new creative endeavor with my sister Celeste. I finally gotContinue reading “Classic Cinema with the Sage Sisters”

Last Minute Book Gifts

“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist This has been an extremely busy few months. However, I did want to share one last blog post this year. Barry and I took a Thanksgiving trip to be with family in theContinue reading “Last Minute Book Gifts”