I still get goosebumps every time. Even though I know it will happen, it still catches my soul with awe. There is an unmistaken hush that gathers over a group fully engaged in artistic thought. Sometimes the quiet is a matter of seconds, others minutes. I taught a group of sixty moms, hungry for[…]
This is one of my favorite reasons I love living in Mesa, Arizona. Our city, along with the Mesa Arts Center recognizes the arts in special ways year round. This spring, our city has provided over 20 pianos for play on various sidewalks and public places. Many of these colorful masterpieces were donated by families[…]
Even in small doses, mindfulness can effect impressive changes in how we feel and think — and it does so at a basic neural level.In 2011, researchers from the University of Wisconsin demonstrated that daily meditation-like thought could shift frontal brain activity toward a pattern that is associated with what cognitive scientists call positive,[…]
When was the last time you picked up a box of crayons and just colored? I dare you to do it with the slightest bit of intention, letting go for just a moment the flurry of the day and see what happens. For me, just the smell of a crayon starts to get me there.[…]
The necessity of human ingenuity is undisputed. A recent IBM poll of 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as the No. 1 “leadership competency” of the future. Source: The Creativity Crisis Written by Po Bronson and Ashley Merriman So, if creativity is the number one quality that determines leadership competency, shouldn’t more attention be given towards nurturing[…]
Yellow pages open, phone to her ear, pen in hand, I watched as my mom doodled. Oblivious to the conversation on the other end, I was transfixed by the loops, whirls, and zigzags created by her hand. I did what most kids would do, I ran to the best set of books I knew…the Encyclopedia[…]