Who are we Really? Me, Myself and I

“I” am conscious awareness and reside in the left prefrontal cortex. I can actively choose to move or be still, to be aware or I can allow automatic habitual behaviors to direct my words and actions. These automatic behaviors are still mine, “I” created them---sometimes with help from family, friends and associates. This type of action can be static and rarely or never change, reflecting…

Self-interest will save the day

 Astronaut Neil Armstrong said in a speech, science is about how things are, engineering is about how things can be. In his own case of landing on the moon the science part was about understanding aerodynamics, gravitational interactions and other insights, while engineering was about using these understandings to make a working rocket and lander. This essay explores an analogy of…

Entering the Fire with Heart

Years ago, my dear friend Cleo, a young dark-skinned man of African descent, leaned towards me, a middle-aged White woman. Near tears, Cleo talked of the emotional and psychic stress he felt, as a Black man in this society. Quietly, he asked: “What does the term White supremacy mean to you? What is your relationship to it?” My heart leapt into my throat. I gasped for air. In that moment of…

Think global, act local

The challenge, facing those who want to solve the many problems in the world, is to find a common platform or set of ideas on which to build a global movement. The ruling elite, through foundations, corporations and think tanks, exert control of the narrative and nearly every aspect of human activity. Using memes appealing to commonly held values, they have framed political and economic debate…

Crime as an inarticulate plea for help

Insight-Out provides prisoners with practical tools that foster insight, heal emotional wounds, and create ways to feel connected, responsible, and part of a world beyond their own needs – and past mistakes. The signature program of Insight-Out is a 52-week course titled Guiding Rage Into Power, or GRIP, which integrates violence prevention, mindfulness, yoga, victim dialogues, and emotional…

Watershed

I work in nature because we are nature... My materials come from the earth to which they return... Learning to live by nature's design is our only hope for the future Artist Statement Since 1992, in collaboration with Philippa Jones, I have focused my art practice on making environmental sculptures in nature that return to nature. My photographs are all that remain of the sculptures. They are…

Watershed

Environmental art in collaboration with Philippa Jones I work in nature because we are nature... My materials come from the earth to which they return... Learning to live by nature's design is our only hope for the future Artist Statement Since 1992, in collaboration with Philippa Jones, I have focused my art practice on making environmental sculptures in nature that return to nature. My…

Guest Editorial

Sometimes we meet a young person who continues to hold a deep place in our minds and hearts long afterwards. I met Shaun briefly at the New Story Summit (see pages 36-45). It felt as though I had known him forever. The future of humanity and the hope of the world is with such talented and dedicated youth. I want to honor his work by sharing one of his essays. ~ Nancy Roof “If You Want to go…