Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly.

They say you can tell a lot about a country by the way it treats its prisoners…I believe the same can be said for how a country treats its children

An educator...a good one that is, inspires others to be even better than herself.

I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.

Be the kind of grown up you needed as a child.

Most often it is in heartache that we love more boldly.

People say they walk on the shoulders of giants. True, but have you ever walked like one?

Be simple. Be direct. Be clear. Don't worry about being correct. Worry about being real.

Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful.  I don't care what it is. Create it.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

Education is not filling up a box but seeing what you can create with one and don't you ever forget that!

Wind and breeze are separated todayCrimson twilight denies to fade away Grass blades turn brown to match the soilWe pretend to smile at every turmoil

It's like we are underground, in a cemetery....the sky is the earth...We are hibernating, sleeping all the time and we don't know it. We are dreaming that there is plenty of oxygen.

Mindfulness, the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience, is at the heart of what the Buddha taught.

The greatest gift you have been given is the gift of your imagination - what do you dream of wanting to do?

I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is the only reading of the human experience in order to stay alive.

We have to be honest with ourselves.

We are all gathered to the same fold.

You know it's time to start using mouthwash when your dentist leaves the room and sends in a canary.

I think artists should define themselves. They should speak about their work and how it relates to society and what's going on in the world.

Flowers spring up unsown and die ungathered.