Among the many joys we experienced at the extraordinary Leonard Cohen exhibition at The Jewish Museum, is a room resonating with the sound of hundreds of people around the world humming Cohen’s anthem, Hallelujah. You can experience it online as well.
Read MorePauline Caulfield’s Ingenious Textile Panels Become Wall Covering, Art, Window Shade
This tiny video of textile artist Pauline Caulfield’s brilliant 1968 diploma show while studying at the Royal College of Art shows an inspiring, ingenious alternative to obstructing window treatments.
Read MoreJean Shin Transforms Dying Trees into a Place of Rememberance and Gathering
Artist Jean Shin transformed Storm King Art Center’s dying Maple trees into a sculpture that embodies the trees inner life and energy…
Read MoreA Transformative Word from the Ottoman Empire on How to Have the Abundance of Life…
Recently, I revisited the remarkable sign that waits at the threshold of Omega Institute’s serene meditation space in the woods, to ponder a single word…
Read MoreVarieties of YES: A Zen View, John Cage, Mary Oliver, James Joyce and the Katz’s Deli Orgasm
Thirty + years ago, the world witnessed Meg Ryan’s perfection of a faked orgasm in Katz’s Deli, we’ve been thinking about great, transformative yeses we’ve written about or experienced.
Read MoreYayoi Kusama Transforms Obsession and Accumulation into Art and Medicine
For decades nintey-year-old artist Yayoi Kusama has embraced the culturally taboo practices of obsession and accumulation, using them as a means of transformation and healing. Her remarkable “art medicine” has been her balm for mental illness.
Read MoreLotta Agaton’s Flat File Day Bed and Other Inspired File Beds
Stylist Lotta Agaton’s clever day be made out of flat files got us considering the very practical and chic possibilities for these sophisticated storage beds…
Read MoreIkigai: “What Makes You Jump Out of Bed in the Morning? and Other Questions That Will Help You Find It
When a friend sent us VENN diagrams of the Japanese concept of Ikigai last week, we found we couldn’t get its big fat question out of our mind.
Read MoreBeatrice Wood’s Mistakes “Like Pebbles That Make a Good Road”, with Sculptor Richard Long
When we heard centenarian ceramic artist Beatrice Wood’s extraordinary view of the mistakes she made in life, we thought of the work of artist Richard Long…
Read MoreHow to Look After Yourself
We found this great, simple list on DoLectures’ twitter and find it a helpful reminder for small ways to navigate the day in balance:
Read MoreMind-Breath-Nature Mashup Helps Navigate Chaos or Difficulty
Employing wisdom from Pema Chodrun, Dr. Weil and Oliver Sacks, we devised an amazingly effective strategy for navigating upheaval and difficulty
Read MoreSleeping like Donald Judd in Low-to-the Floor Beds, with Details and Plans
At the Judd Foundation, we stumbled upon this wonderful bedroom with a very Judd-esque low bed. It reminded us of the austere low platforms he made for his Spring Street Loft. We took a closer look at how he made them.
Read MoreUniversal Everything’s Flower People Parade of Joy and Wonder (with Rumi)
Here are a few moments of delight and wonder from video artists/experience designers/future thinkers, Universal Everything. A Rumi poem that jumped into our hands cast it in a surprising light.
Read MorePamela Adlon on Aging as Content and Allen Ginsberg Just Being Content
Pamela Adlon’s riff on aging and the sudden changes of her body got us thinking about the need to turn ourselves into content to accept ourselves. Then we came upon Allen Ginsberg’s view.
Read MoreFrame the View of Plants and Flowers, Outdoors and In (Coco Capitan and Maria Robledo)
Artist Coco Capitan’s silver gelatin print, “plants framing plants”, got us thinking about the wonder of the frame, and ways to use it outdoors and in, as photographer Maria Robledo so brilliantly improvised.
Read MoreHow The Tiananmen Tank Man’s Stunning Act Went Way Beyond Courage
Reflecting on the video of an anonymous Chinese man standing up to government tanks that day after the Tiananmen Square Massacre, we finally see that way more than courage is on display.
Read MorePrivate Office Rituals That Make Work Better, Deeper, Richer
Accepted for artists, rituals are taboo in the business world even though they can enhance productivity and well-being. Peter Bregman tells how to use them in any setting (once you understand what they really are and do.)
Read MoreOliver Sacks: Nature is a Therapy More Powerful Than Medication
An essay in a posthumously published book by the very wise Oliver Sacks gives a scientist’s view of the healing power of Nature and gardens.
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