Art of Transformation
5 Cross Street L2R 2W4 Saint Catharines, ON, Canada

What you see there might not make much sense. However, it represents a lot to me, being able to practice in a foreign country, to transform my life and grow. ...These images are part of an eight-week Virtual Expressive Arts Group for teens that I facilitated at my work and finished just now. These sessions were incredibly nourishing especially in this challenging time. The group not only encouraged the girls but also enriched my life, I’m surprised by the power of the arts and the community. We’re in this world to help each other, to find beauty, not the Standardized one or the one for museums, but one that touches and moves us. Through art we were shaping and reshaping our realities and massaging our nervous systems. I’m grateful and I’m feeling blessed I can hold sadness and happiness, grief and love at the same time, I’m okay See more

To view the work of textile artist Lorraine Roy visit this link: https://www.jordanartgallery.com/viewcollection/157580. It’s been an honour to have her works ...in our guest artist space throughout the months of March and April. The delights and nuances of Roy’s symbolic images, should not be missed! See more

DO YOU USE YOUR HANDS WHEN YOU TALK? IF SO, YOU ARE ALREADY DANCING! Come join me, and others like you, ONLINE as we press the "refresh button" on our lives wit...h everyday accessible movements. Some people get really caught up in the making of an art piece, which has its place and time, but what interests us in this 6-week series has more to do with what the art-making has to offer. Self-awareness, increased attention, identification of patterns and fresh insights about old ways of seeing and doing, are some of the qualities Expressive Arts can bring to our lives. Benefitting self-professed non-artists and artists alike, this series is inclusive of everyone. You need only bring loving affirmation to yourself and join the movement! ~SIGN UP TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY~ https://notjustanybodypart.ca/spotlight-series/

The Work Action Center, one of the many branches of Start Me Up in St Catharines, makes many people smile again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye4WzeWijEw&feature=emb_logo

At www.childart.ca you can find how children and youth, some with excellent skills portray what they are going through. You might find this or that which speaks out of your heart.

Wow this is just so cool!! In Denmark people started an initiative called "The Human Libray". Inside certain libraries you can choose to 'borrow' a person - ins...tead of a book - to listen to the history of their life for about 30 minutes. The point? Limiting prejudice. Everyone has a 'title' such as 'Unemployed', 'Refugee', 'Bipolar', or what have you - but wonce we listen to their story, we will always be given reasons to realize even deeper - why we should never "judge a book by its cover" ;) <3 An innovative and brilliant project that by now is active in fifty countries! An initiative of The Human Library <3 (https://humanlibrary.org/)

You always wanted to throw the wheel, now you can learn how to do it.

After listening to some pretty harsh comments & arguing over reopening or completely shutting down for another two weeks, someone in their right mind wrote this.... Don’t know who wrote it, but it’s spot on. Perspective: WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME BOAT ... I heard that we are all in the same boat, but it's not like that. We are in the same storm, but not in the same boat. Your ship could be shipwrecked and mine might not be. Or vice versa. For some, quarantine is optimal. A moment of reflection, of re-connection, easy in flip flops, with a cocktail or coffee. For others, this is a desperate financial & family crisis. For some that live alone they're facing endless loneliness. While for others it is peace, rest & time with their mother, father, sons & daughters. With the $600 weekly increase in unemployment some are bringing in more money to their households than they were working. Others are working more hours for less money due to pay cuts or loss in sales. Some families of 4 just received $3400 from the stimulus while other families of 4 saw $0. Some were concerned about getting a certain candy for Easter while others were concerned if there would be enough bread, milk and eggs for the weekend. Some want to go back to work because they don't qualify for unemployment and are running out of money. Others want to kill those who break the quarantine. Some are home spending 2-3 hours/day helping their child with online schooling while others are spending 2-3 hours/day to educate their children on top of a 10-12 hour workday. Some have experienced the near death of the virus, some have already lost someone from it and some are not sure if their loved ones are going to make it. Others don't believe this is a big deal. Some have faith in God and expect miracles during this 2020. Others say the worst is yet to come. So, friends, we are not in the same boat. We are going through a time when our perceptions and needs are completely different. Each of us will emerge, in our own way, from this storm. It is very important to see beyond what is seen at first glance. Not just looking, actually seeing. We are all on different ships during this storm experiencing a very different journey. Realize that and be kind. Unknown author PLEASE COPY & SHARE THIS POST - IT NEEDS GO GO VIRAL.

We can make shadows turn green again We trace them in the light. ~ g... Ecopoiesis with chai. https://en.ecopoiesis.ru/ Moved by this journal, Stephen K. Levine!

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