In the dark of winter, deep in our collective psyches, hides the divine dance between our masculine and feminine self. It is the drama of the winter solstice that enacts the awakening of the divine feminine. Beckoned, kissed and honoured, the divine feminine emerges … read more.
What is it like to live “below” middle class? What is it like to be at a church with a middle class culture for those “below” middle class? Socioeconomic class identity is about both culture and finances and is a topic we rarely talk … read more.
There is no better way to understand the emotions and feelings of another person than to walk in their shoes. A close second is to portray a character that walks in their shoes. This is where drama comes in. Through imagining, we experience situations … read more.
Where do creative ideas come from? How do you get in touch with that source? For someone who is not a “natural” and must work to develop artistic inspiration, this will be a reflection on my personal journey toward artistic expression, and how I … read more.
The art of Indigenous painter Ken Monkman has shaken and shocked both the Canadian art world and the political world. Monkman is a visual disrupter at the intersection of art, history, sexuality and politics. To be a creative disrupter is to take familiar images … read more.
Summer 2020 was a moment of racial reckoning. However, with those months of intense activism behind us, those committed to social justice must ask “What do we do now?”. As Unitarians committed to this struggle, it is important that we continue to engage and support … read more.
How we observe changes us. He said, ‘See my wife’. And then sensing that wasn’t enough, he said, ‘Behold my wife.’ If you slow down and read that last line again, you’ll likely feel a difference between seeing and beholding. They are not the … read more.
Our Unitarian Universalist ancestors live again on this All Hallows Eve. Showing up are some admirable spiritual siblings who made their mark in the advancement of science, the arts and humanitarian endeavours. Meet the British nurse Florence Nightingale, and the Czechoslovakian/Canadian humanitarian Lotta Hitchmanova. … read more.
On the eve of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment response in Glasgow, Scotland, we watch as world leaders maneuver words around real action on addressing environmental catastrophe. (*Remember our theme this month is Non-fiction and the art of Truth Speaking!) While the … read more.
PJ Patten will talk about his own story and art from his graphic memoir Tower 25, which reveals his own challenges of trauma, isolation and becoming sober, allowing him to process his own past in hopes of inspiring greater empathy from the general community … read more.
