Category Archives: Art Narratives

Artist Needed

Inanimate objects of no great beauty become art in a still-life painting. So why not turn myself into a painting! But, I say to myself while lying on my kitchen table posing as if I were a basket of fruit, … Continue reading

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Kindness and Cultural Editing

Myths are for grown up, fairy tales are for children. But sometimes nostalgic grown- ups long for their childhood and often find solace in fairy tales. Scottish folklorist, Andrew Lang (1844-1912), set about collecting fairy tales from all over the … Continue reading

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Kindness as Medicine.

The vagus nerve, part of the parasympathetic nervous system, is like a super highway that transports information from one organ to another. If the vagal tone is low, it will not function properly. Stress is the main cause of a … Continue reading

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Confession of an Abductee

I went to the woods to pick some flowers. While standing next to a tall cypress with a bouquet of daises in my hand, a big beam zapped me up into the sky. I felt my molecules swirl around as … Continue reading

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Aloft

An alligator’s brain wouldn’t even fill a tablespoon. But the little that’s there is very cunning. To trick birds looking for materials to build their nest, alligators will balance sticks on their heads. And as the birds lower themselves to … Continue reading

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