Art & Life | Sheila Collins

Celebrating Democracy and Communities

by Sheila Collins | Nov 10, 2022 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Community, Duality, Environment, Gatherings, Personal Stories, social justice, the Big Body

It’s the morning after the midterm election and we don’t know yet who won and who lost in some races. But we celebrate anyway with several neighbors on this morning’s dog walk. The turnout at our polling place is worth celebrating–over 90 percent of eligible voters...

When Great Trees Fall

by Sheila Collins | Nov 3, 2022 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Family, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving

Last Friday shortly after noon eastern time, I got the news I was expecting, though no one ever can accurately predict the time of someone’s coming into this life or leaving it. I had lit a candle in my office a couple of days before when I heard that George was...

Doing Love Out Loud

by Sheila Collins | Oct 27, 2022 | Art & Life, Community, Duality, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, History, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, ReImagine, Resilience, social justice, the Big Body

Today is the 4th anniversary of the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in my hometown, Pittsburgh, PA. Eleven people were murdered in their house of worship, impacting hundreds and thousands of others in their families, neighborhoods, towns, and countries....

Musical Soundtracks for Grieving Loss and Celebrating Life

by Sheila Collins | Oct 12, 2022 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, Community, Personal Stories, Songs, Story-telling, Writing

Grandsons Ethan and Will were probably 9 and 6 when I watched their mother interrupt a fight they were having. She had clearly done this before, and I saw that she had some skill in getting the boys to look at the situation from the other person’s point of view. After...

The Long Arc of Grieving

by Sheila Collins | Sep 28, 2022 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Duality, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, History, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving

I awoke feeling shaky last Friday morning. It took me awhile to translate the meaning of that bodily signal and its relationship to my state of wellbeing. Staying with it during a morning meditation, the sensation developed into a subtle sadness. After a few more...

Lessons for the Art of Grieving from a Queen’s Funeral

by Sheila Collins | Sep 15, 2022 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Community, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Songs, The Art of Grieving, the Big Body, Women, Girls & the Feminine

Queen Elizabeth’s four adult children walk slowly behind her casket as it moves through the main street of Edinburgh Scotland. Throngs of British subjects and their guests stand in respectful silence. The only audible sound–the clomping horses’ hooves on the street’s...

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When Great Trees Fall

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The Long Arc of Grieving

Lessons for the Art of Grieving from a Queen’s Funeral

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