Artist of the Week: Penelope Casey (paintings from her series ‘Fiji in Sepia’) In the Fiji Islands, there is a small town called Savusavu. Here, the dawn of every day is marked by roosters crowing. Their announcement begins as early as 3 am, long before the first light has come over the green hills. “Another

Before my mother’s mother died last month, she said to her daughter, “Always make people laugh.” The last words she spoke before incoherence overtook her were that simple. Keep ‘em laughing. Cultivate lightness in your heart and share it with others. Coming from a woman who lived life so thoroughly with heart, the purity of

Art Piece of the Week: Textures on Water by Shigeru Uchida for Studio 80. Forgive me if this column is disjointed. Alas, time is but a sphere. Or, as Kian would say, a flat circle. Don’t get it twisted – this sh*t is not linear. In 1931, Amelia Earhart sat and typed this letter to

Art piece of the week: The Weather Project by Olafur Eliasson This column, by title, is inherently focused on the shiny and bright side of life. I do find it sort of funny because happiness can be the most illusive, impermanent feeling in the world and it seems to be misunderstood. Or perhaps, over-emphasized, maybe

film photograph of the week by Nathalie Basoski. Sometimes life down here feels like tripping over your own feet and smacking your face on the pavement. Usually that abrupt and all-too-familiar sensation comes on the heels of a stupendous flight, soaring beyond what my imagination thought possible. But I’m learning how to be at peace

Art piece of the Week by ARTC Piece of Mind Morocco. Listen. Put a pause on everything for a moment. Just for a moment, breathe deeply. In and out, in and out. Get quiet so that you can hear your heart. There is a rhythm inside of you that is keeping you alive. Listen and