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Book Review: A Future We Can Love
“It’s a tense time to be alive,” says Susan Bauer-Wu in A Future We Can Love. We feel this tension because the climate is changing, and the future is uncertain. Yet, that’s not the…
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Book Review: Ecosomatics
Culturally, we are increasingly required to deliberately connect with nature—the “outdoors” has become an industry. How have we gotten so removed from the rhythms of the planet? En…
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Book Review: The Future Ancestor
Annabelle Sharman—an Aboriginal woman of the Mutti Mutti tribe—describes herself as a Spirit Weaver, helping guide people in the practice of YUMA: a “Dreaming to live in Oneness.” …
Music
Music Review: Pasado en claro
Poetry and improvisation are the passionate threads that weave through the new international album Pasado en claro (The Past is Clear). Jazz, classical, and folk music genres are b…
Music
Music Review: Mercy
Mercy, the new album from avant-rock icon John Cale, is chock-full of ruminations on the state of the world and includes deep reflections of the artists Cale, now 80 years young, h…
Film
Film Review: Tori and Lokita
Belgian filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne have spent their careers making films that draw attention to the plight of those living on the margins of European society. With Tor…Tags:
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Film Review: Corsage
Many viewers may take issue with the attitude of the main subject of Corsage, Marie Kreutzer’s stylized biopic of Austria’s 19th century Empress Elisabeth (played by Vicky Krieps).…
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Book Review: Opening to Darkness
Facing challenges might be typical of human experience, but confronting the darkness within those challenges is an individual matter, if not a compelling choice—the governing theme…
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Book Review: Real Life
Real Life is the latest in a series of books on everyday wisdom (Real Love and Real Change are two others) by Sharon Salzberg, eminent meditation teacher and champion of loving-kin…
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Book Review: Relighting the Cauldron
Take a moment to envision the core of the Earth as a cauldron bubbling over a fire. What would happen if this fire were extinguished? This sobering question is raised by Rev. Wendy…
