Among the many challenges the lockdown has brought, the ascent of nature has been among the unexpected gifts. Cultural institutions are embracing that view to shift and refresh their locked-down patrons.
Read MorePierre Soulages Invites You To Experience the Light Beyond Black
In this mesmerizing little film, Pierre Soulages slowly works black pigment to create different effects of light. He describes the very personal conversation at the heart of his luminous black paintings.
Read MoreUplifting Finds, Visual Poetry, Tender Blessing
Like the I.C.U. nurse in the breathtaking image, above, we are looking for refreshment, air, and sky. Here’s what we found…
Read MoreW.S. Merwin On Hope and What to Do On the Last Day of the World
In this short video, the renown poet and activist speaks eloquently about hope and our interconnectedness, two themes so many are working to encompass.
Read MoreAn Incredibly Relaxing Walk through the Cherry Blossoms at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Garden Bathing)
Watching this perfectly shot video felt so much like we actually were ambling slowly through the Brooklyn Botanic Garden that we felt palpably relaxed and dreamy. It is a balm for anyone craving nature.
Read MoreJenny Holzer’s Very Important Messages
Fifty years after the first Earth Day, Jenny Holzer’s timely messages resonate more deeply than ever as we face unprecedented global health and environmental crises. As does her succinct commentary.
Read MoreIt Feels SO Great to Laugh at Our Dark Fear
We found ourselves laughing out loud at this perfect 1-minute clip from a 1983 segment of Cheers. That would be US.
Read MoreSlow Down at a Traditional Japanese Spa with a John O’Donohue Blessing
This steamy virtual Japanese “sento” bath somehow helps us to calm and slow to the pace we need to be. As does this John O’Donohue Blessing.
Read MoreEasy-to-Make DIY Clear Face Shield
Tokujin Yoshioka created a simple, easy-to-make face shield held in place with ordinary eyewear. It gives an added measure of protection against Covid-19.
Read MoreEscape to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Casa Azul
Transported via the virtual tour of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Casa Azul in Mexico City, we found ourselves wandering through gardens, studios and living spaces: much-needed escape and delight.
Read More4-Minute Workout For Sheltering in Place (Like an Hour at the Gym)
This simple four-minute workout routine yields the same benefits as working out in the gym for an hour. It’s proving terrific exercise when sheltering in place due to the Coronavirus.
Read MoreUplift and Surprise Sparked by a Jane Hirshfield Poem
We’re loving Jane Hirschfeld’s wonderful poem I Wanted to Be Surprised. It is the lens through which we’ve been looking to discover uplifting…surprises…
Read More5 Hopeful Views that Counter Coronovirus Fear (Science and Art)
Over the past week, I’ve been collecting information and video that yield heartening-yet-realistic views of the frightening situation we are experiencing together, from wise-men scientists explaining the science, to singers joining together virtually to serenade the world.
Read MoreQuarantined, Italians are Singing out of their Windows + Mary Oliver
As grim notices come in announcing closings and suspensions due to the Coronavirus, we saw THIS video from Italy and had to smile, heartened…
Read MoreWilliam Forsythe on ‘Choreographing Your Own Role Within the Choreography’
In his beautiful kinetic choreographies of pendulums, artist William Forsythe draws our awareness to ways we negotiate and choreograph our paths…
Read MoreWhat to Do When Sleep is Like an Angry Sea (Simple Things that Help You Sleep)
Charlotte Arene’s remarkable stop motion animation captures the restless agitation of not sleeping well as though roiled by an angry sea. It’s a feeling many of us know well. Here is my list of tiny steps that can help you sleep, learned by trying them on myself.
Read MoreLi Ziqi’s Soothing, Addictive Videos Portrays Living ‘in the Flow’
On Chinese vlogger Li Ziqi’s mesmerizing YouTube channel. she doesn’t speak and there are no how tos or manic hosts,. Instead she evokes a quiet, very pastoral, very ancient way of life whose effect is deeply soothing.
Read More9 Answers to Krista Tippett’s Powerful Interview Question Inspire Our Own
This short video compiles some very surprising answers to On Being’s Krista Tippet’s favorite interview question. It evokes “a very fertile place in everybody’s imaginations, whatever their story is…full of questions and searching and softness.” It’s a wonderful question to ask ourselves…
Read MoreHouse Tour: Massimo Vitali’s Chill “Natural Habitat” in a 14th Century Church
With its practical, vin-ordinaire fridge and quirky design decisions, photographer Massimo Vitali’s remarkable home in an ancient church has some very cool ideas to steal.
Read MoreCrazy Beautiful Joy Dance via Issey Miyake PFW20
We’ve watched this little video on instagram many times now, vicariously soaking up its unexpectedly BIG expression of joy AND its insight into the most common of personal catalysts…
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