You know retreats rule. (At least, I hope you do. If not, trust me on this one.) They put the sparkle back in the diamonds on the souls of your shoes (sorry, been listening to a lot of Paul Simon lately). They give you a path back to the spring that burbles at the heart [...]

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I adore the movie “Frida.” I saw it for the first times a few weeks ago. It was like being in her head. While on acid. Which was probably what it was like to be in her head a lot of the time. It also made me jump up and down on the couch like [...]

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I was in the Vancouver Art Gallery recently. A piece of art by Brian Jungen captivated me because it utterly encapsulated the sense of artist agency (not sure what you mean by “agency.” Freedom? Right of ownership? Creative expression?) The sculpture, a life-sized model of a Northern Right whale, hung from the ceiling, just like [...]

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It won’t surprise you when I say that you need time to listen to yourself if you’re to know the authentic you. The surprising part is that even though you know you need to, you don’t do it. And if you do, you might be missing a key distinction that can make all the difference [...]

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