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Ubuntu–The Universal Bond that Connects Us All
Rebecca–Feeling Generous Gioia found a new word the other day: Ubuntu. Apparently Ubuntu is a Zulu term for compassion and humanity, or human kindness. It means, literally, “human-ness.” She had been looking for a way to describe what she and
Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s Rulin’s
Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s Rulin’s This time of year always calls for lists, all kinds of lists—“Best of..”, “Worst of …”, “Things for which you’re grateful”, “What you accomplished in 2014”, “Resolutions for the upcoming year”, etc…. We’ve been thinking
Other People Matter
Rebecca–My Lovely Peeps “I believe that unconditional love will have the final word ” Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s been a challenging year if you listen to the news recaps. Ebola. Gaza. Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines. ISIS. Robin Williams. Girls here
The Magic In Small Things
Gioia–Altoid Shrine Think about three things that have gone well thus far in your day. Find a piece of paper and write them down. If the list gets longer as you’re writing, go ahead and add more When we start
Self-Symbols: Butterfly or Dragonfly
Gioia-Dragonfly Altered Book A few years back, Gioia went on a butterfly binge. Butterflies showed up all the time in her artwork. It seemed to make sense that butterflies appeared—she was going through a lot of changes in her life,
Warming Up to Flow
Rebecca-Ripped letter in Altered Book At CWW, we often sing the virtues of getting into flow and, of course, we suggest that doing art is a natural way for people to experience it. Flow is that state we achieve when