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Memory and Meaning at The Election Time

by Sheila Collins | Aug 22, 2024 | Community, Environment, Gatherings, History, Personal Stories, social justice, the Big Body

Election Day 2024 in the United States is just a little more than 2 months away. Unfortunately, this fact is not of equal importance to all our citizens. Many people want no part of the hyperactive every four years campaigns to influence election outcomes. Despite the...

The Art of Collaboration in Art

by Sheila Collins | Jul 11, 2024 | Celebrations, Community, Environment, Gatherings, Noteworthy men, Personal Stories

The headlines tout the value of the not-to-be-missed art exhibit, “Pittsburgh Meets New York at The Frick Art Museum.” The Frick is smaller than the Carnegie, built on the property of the Frick family home where they lived before moving to New York. The purchases for...

Summer Solstice and the Anticipatory Grief of Climate Change

by Sheila Collins | Jun 20, 2024 | Art & Life, book promotion, Celebrations, Environment, Gatherings, Grieving, Publications, Science, Technology and the Environment, Stillpoint, The Art of Grieving

Our relationship to time and temperature makes the June Summer Solstice date a special one to note In the Northern Hemisphere. Dark, drab winter days are being replaced by more days of bright sunshine and longer daylight hours. As trees bud out and the storms of...

Relaxation

by Sheila Collins | May 30, 2024 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Dances, Environment, Family, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Personal Stories, Self-Care

Relaxation is one of the elements of physical fitness. Along with flexibility, stamina, strength, endurance, and cardio, relaxation is the fifth and most important and least recognized element. Tense muscles can’t strengthen, and endurance and strength both rely on...

Art of Grieving Lessons from the Eclipse

by Sheila Collins | Apr 11, 2024 | Celebrations, Community, Environment, Gatherings, History, Past Events, Personal Stories

My husband and I are on the shores of Lake Conneaut, the largest natural lake in the state of Pennsylvania. We’re meeting for the first-time, relatives and friends of our Pittsburgh neighbors who share a century old summer cottage on the lake. We’ve driven several...

The Art of Dancing at a Memorial

by Sheila Collins | Mar 21, 2024 | Celebrations, Community, Dances, Environment, Noteworthy men

My husband and I couldn’t afford the time to drive to Raleigh NC to attend a memorial celebration for a long time InterPlay friend, so we flew on the new Breeze airline. It definitely lived up to its name. The short trip had us relaxed and rested to participate in...

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The Art of Collaboration in Art

Summer Solstice and the Anticipatory Grief of Climate Change

Relaxation

Art of Grieving Lessons from the Eclipse

The Art of Dancing at a Memorial

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