Every Thursday I lead a drum circle in the hospital where I work. Participating in this form of guided spontaneous music-making is probably as theraputic for me as it is for my patients. How often do you get to pound something for joy? To take the tension of life and transform it into a dancable […]
read on: Happiness is a Drum →I wrote this for the meeting of the Grand Rapids affiliate of Christians in the Visual Arts which we had last evening. This is the text of the small talk that I gave before we had a hand blessing for all the artists gathered at our monthly meeting.  ________________________________________________________________   A few words before we begin […]
read on: Blessing of the Hands: for GR CIVA →I have been struggling lately with depression. I see things at my job in the psychiatric hospital that have impacted me emotionally more than I let myself realize. Some people knew and prayed for me, but I have not been able to paint as much as I would have liked. I have started again, with […]
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