Healing
Old Pig
Margaret Wild Illustrations by Ron Brooks “Now,” said Old Pig, “I want to feast.”… “Look!” said Old Pig. “Do you see how the light glitters on the leaves?” “Look!” said Old Pig. “Do you see the clouds gather like gossips in the sky?” “Look!” said Old Pig. “Do you see how the trees …
Mirror Dancer
Milton Avery Raised in Connecticut, Milton Avery (1885-1965) took his first factory job at the age of 16. While earning a living in manual labor, he pursued an art education at the Connecticut League of Art Students. When the family patriarch died in 1915, Avery was responsible for supporting 9 other family members. Two years later, …
Ain’t It Enough
Old Crow Medicine Show Ain’t it enough, To live by the ways of the world To be part of the picture Whatever it’s worth Throw your arms around each other And love one another For it’s only one life that we’ve got And ain’t it enough Surely all people were made for each other To …
Red Horse
Martiros Saryan Martiros Saryan (1880-1972) was born in Russia to Armenian parents. In 1915 he went to Armenia to to help returning Armenians who were fleeing genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. “I do not know when the artist was born in me,” he explained. “It was probably in those days when I used …
Open Your Eyes
Photo by Jim Simonson Darling, Open your eyes. You are not made up of those words that hurt you. Or that number on that scale. Or the expectations you feel you will never meet. You are made up of nothing more than you. Simply, beautiful, wonderfully, uniquely you. You are a lovely and complex soul. …
Stay On
BoDeans ‘Cause this big, wide, open crazy world Can get you downhearted And wondering where you stand or fall Wondering why try at all Well, I say stay on, stay on, steady now Stay on, stay, don’t you stray Stay on, stay on, steady now Don’t you stray More by the BoDeans Post by justpostit1
Singer and Recording Artist Tamara Power-Drutis
It wasn’t so much that I decided one day to be a musician, as that I realized over time that I could never not be a musician. I have other passions in life that at times take the front seat, but music will always be there, waiting to evolve into what’s next. …