children by nature are keen…

Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to submit to certain absurd duties, and a natural result of the distorted, unbalanced education given to them. This laziness, which leads to an insuperable reluctance to learn, is, contrary to... Continue Reading →

5th Annual Climate Crisis Exhibit

AWARDS PRESENTATION (virtual) 5th Annual Climate Crisis Art Exhibit: 7pm (CST), Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Everyone invited ZOOM link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84254649188 Welcome to the 5th Annual Climate Crisis Art Exhibit.  This community-wide show provides artists of all ages—from pre-K to Waco’s professionals—the opportunity to express their concern about the climate crisis which imperils our planet today.  The... Continue Reading →

creativity keeps us creating

“We are not consumers. For most of humanity’s existence, we were makers, not consumers: we made our clothes, shelter, and education, we hunted and gathered our food. We are not addicts. “I propose that most addictions come from our surrendering our real powers, that is, our powers of creativity.” We are not passive couch potatoes... Continue Reading →

Happy Holiday Salsa Music

Salsa music is a general term referring to a genre that is essentially Cuban and Puerto Rican popular dance music. The term salsa was initially promoted and marketed in New York City during the 1970s. Salsa comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachachá, mambo, and to a certain extent bolero. Salsa... Continue Reading →

ultimately inseparable…

  “Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to... Continue Reading →

shared commitment…

“You know what we need to heal are the thought forms and the feelings that cause us to create war and mass destruction on this kind of a level, because ultimately if we are to survive as a species, we have to become a human race for whom the thought of war is unthinkable.” -... Continue Reading →

snatched the reins…

  “The incomprehensibleness of women is an old theory, but what is that to the curious wondering observation with which wives, mothers, and sisters watch the other unreasoning animal in those moments when he has snatched the reins out of their hands, and is not to be spoken to! . It is best to let... Continue Reading →

life is…

Life is the blossoming of flowers in the spring, the ripening of fruit in the fall, the rhythm of the earth and of nature. Life is the cry of cicadas signaling the end of summer, migratory birds winging south in a transparent autumn sky, fish frolicking in a stream. Life is the joy beautiful music... Continue Reading →

eternal peace is not a static condition…

"Whether we can become good citizens of the world hinges upon the degree of self-control we achieve.  It is, after all, the ability to see ourselves penetratingly that enables us to transcend national boundaries and ethnic barriers.  Eternal peace is not a static condition but a continuum that is consciously maintained through the interaction of... Continue Reading →

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