"Each piece requires so many steps, it’s extraordinary and requires an appreciation for what it takes to create things from scratch."

“What matters is how the actual poetry practice works for you—as a kind of meditation, as a way of making sense of the world, as a kind of sounding board to measure what’s going on in your own mind and heart…”

"A place on the internet where people from around the world share the view from their windows to help someone else – whether to relax, focus, meditate or travel without moving."

Highlights from this year's posts, reflections on how the creative arts helped us aspire, confront and build.

“…I realized that in many ways, we CLP alums are on our own Italian balconies singing.”

"The harder step was to let go of competence, the core value that had always helped me feel strong and useful. To be a beginner, I had to let it go."