“So it is with music… It helps us recall happier times; it helps us through difficult times... It helps us to feel.”

"...And though you may not be able to touch across the empty square, Sing."

“I’m interested in using the past in order to break open into the present day… It’s something that you can see if you’re interested in looking that way.”

The creative arts speak through and to us in 2019: memoir & storytelling, poetry, music listening & creation & therapy, Chinese New Year, Puerto Rican superheroes, theater, acting & audio description, podcasting, children's book writing, photography and more.

“This country is in need of deep healing. We’re in a transformational moment in national history and earth history, so whichever way we move is going to absolutely define us.”

“…the work of loving oneself is no small task. In a culture and society that profits off of us separating from ourselves at a fundamental level, to love oneself is one of the most radical things a person can do…”