Linda Lowe has created an art based experiment that explores the act of giving and receiving. It is a truly inspired project.   108 Vess...

I am just back from a full 10 days in New Orleans. The city never, ever fails to disappoint. Little did I know when I scheduled the trip th...

one of my all time holiday favorites....

Did you see the "Where Heaven and Earth Come Closer" article in the NYT travel section on Sunday? It took my breath away and I am...

Time to start wearing my election button!

Jesse Rieser 's "Christmas In America: Happy Birthday, Jesus" was one of the top 50 Critical Mass portfolios from this year. ...

Tomorrow is Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, or the least amount of sunlight. It is really heart warming to see so many holida...

Last night I had an unexpected visitor. I was next door watching people's reaction to the worlds most elaborate Halloween display. A fa...

12: 05 AM It is two hours since the last guest left. We just had a fund raiser/salon for Ragdale . It felt like a performance art piece tha...

As we approach the end of October, I am reminded of the "thin veil" that many people think exists this time of the year between th...

Our Situation on Earth --by Albert Einstein "Our situation on this earth seems strange. Every one of us appears here involuntarily and ...

A simple representation of the experience of meditation. I had the idea for an installation using this image about 10 years ago. The idea ke...

I have just returned from a mediation retreat at the Insight Mediation Society which focuses on mindfulness. It was a grueling and wonderfu...

I just finished reading a wonderful book, Nine Lives : In Search of the Sacred in Modern India, by William Dalrymple. It was recommended to ...

One of my favorite things to do in Chicago on Good Friday is to participate in the reinactment of the Stations of the Cross in Pilsen . If y...

I was in Whole Foods yesterday riding the elevator up to the parking lot with a petite Indian woman who has been a bagger there forever. As...