I thought I would be the blooming lotus climbing out of the mud. Instead, my daughter is the lotus I have been falling in love with. As a mother, that is even better. Besides, I suspect she is showing me the way toward the sun anyway…
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At the end of our first oral history interview session, when asked to reflect about what it felt like to share their stories, one of the things that often surprises people the most is the way in which they feel transformed by the process. Questions to consider…
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She stared at this photo for some time. I gazed back at her, a tremble of lip began, the tiny empath burgeoning inside her…A thousand more words at the tip of my tongue, falling off my face, trying to tell this child the story, of her…
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You are all mouth
until you arrive at the magazines.
Then you are only hands…
one by one…
You rip, tear, crumble
until the carpet is a lawn of disembodied language…
Are you at an important juncture in your life? Have you recently gone through a rite of passage or are you preparing to usher in a time of change? Explore how your own life transitions mark the turning points on your path of growth and discovery…
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The creative challenge working in this medium is that an image has to be reduced to all-or-nothing shapes; there is no shading or texture, a line exists or it doesn’t. It requires you to choose the simple lines that capture the expression or the moment…
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The seed that would eventually grow into Family Heirloom Arts began to take root around two in the morning in my college apartment. I was listening to tapes of my uncle interviewing my grandfather, Henry Kagan, while I worked to weave…
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Start Creating! Take a few minutes to reflect on the following question. In what ways have your child(ren) taught you to see your life and the world differently? Now I invite you to create a narrative image…
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Two years after the birth of my son Julius in 2012, the Art of Motherhood program was born! Now the Art of Motherhood program has grown and is entering the public arena on a whole new level. Join us for upcoming workshops and retreats and check out our community…
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Every time I sit down with a Family Heirloom Arts client and begin our first oral history interview session together, it is as if a whole new world is opening up to each of us. For me, I am bearing witness to their life story for the first time…
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