Kosmos Winter Preview: ‘Global Citizen | Global Spirit’
Dear Reader,
Every time I read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I am deeply moved by its essential, bold aspirations for humanity. This week we celebrate the 70th Anniversary of this milestone document, drafted by representatives from all regions of the world. The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948. It set out, for the first…
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights | 70th Anniversary
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples…
Loren Olson
What are the most important facts of a life in art? Possibly, the moment looking out the window and seeing layers of movement: the fluid one’s eye, dust in the rays of sunlight, heat waves revealing air and wind, awareness of vision dating from around the age of four.
Life is best told as a story. Mine, living in the Nuclear Age and looking toward the emergence of a new age which is unfolding…
Brian Sokol
Brian Sokol is a US-born photographer, author and speaker dedicated to documenting human rights issues and humanitarian crises worldwide.
A recipient of National Geographic Magazine's Eddie Adams Grant, he has been selected as one of Photo District News' 30 Emerging Photographers To Watch.
Since 2012 he has focused on telling the stories of refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and…
Roger Walsh
Roger Walsh, MD, PhD, DHL is a professor of psychiatry, philosophy, and anthropology at the University of California at Irvine. His publications include the books Paths Beyond Ego, The World of Shamanism, The World's Great Wisdom, and Essential Spirituality: The Seven Central Practices. For more, visit drrogerwalsh.com.
Maria Robson
After studies in Applied Linguistics and Education at McGill University, Maria Robson was employed by UN-ICAO at the Civil Aviation College in Doha. While living and working in Australia, Canada, Vietnam, and the Middle East, Maria developed an interest in the literature and mystical traditions across cultures. Currently back in Montreal, she is at work transcribing a trunkful of scribblings into…
Willa Schneberg
Willa Schneberg worked for the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (1992- 1993) first as a District Electoral Supervisor overseeing two polling sites in Phnom Penh for that nation’s first “free and fair” elections since the French colonial period, and later as a Medical Liaison Officer supporting the health needs of the Mission’s volunteers. She helicoptered with other medical…
Darlene Pagán
Darlene Pagán is the author of Blue Ghosts (2011) and Setting the Fires (2015). She has published essays and poems in journals such as Literal Latté, Field Magazine, CALYX, and Hiram Poetry Review. She teaches writing and literature at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, and is currently working on a memoir titled The Safest Place to Fall, a middle-grade fantasy, and always, poetry. For…
Melanie Green
Melanie Green has two collections of poetry: Continuing Bridge and Determining Sky, available through Mountains and Rivers Press of Eugene, Oregon. She was a participant in Portland’s “word & hand” collaboration, where six poets were paired with six visual artists to create new works of art as dialogue. Her poems were also incorporated in the modern dance performance, “Under Fallen Stars,”…
Brandon Marlon
Brandon Marlon is a writer from Ottawa, Canada. He received his B.A. in Drama and English from the University of Toronto and his M.A. in English from the University of Victoria. His poetry was awarded the Harry Hoyt Lacey Prize in Poetry (Fall 2015), and his writing has been published in more than 275 publications in 30 countries. Explore more of his work at brandonmarlon.com.