Art

Using Dance to Tell the Courageous Story of Resistance

This powerful dance company, Desert Dance Theater tells the story Sister Moses: The Story of Harriet Tubman. The powerful message that is shared is…

A Creative Approach

“I painted the girl who painted the guy who painted the other guy’s mom who painted an egret,” he wrote. This is such a…

Larissa Gabriele Rogerio and Víviam Caroline, center, play with Didá on the street outside Project Didá in Salvador’s historic neighborhood, Pelourinho. Photo credit: Stephanie Foden for The New York Time

Empowerment Through Music

“We’ve brought visibility to a group — black women — that have been historically marginalized here,” Ms. Queirós said. “We’ve feminized percussion here.” The…

A World Without Creativity and Play

In my research on the habit and disposition of Onward’s Chapter 10, I came across this video: How Society Kills Your Curiosity. It is…

Beautiful Moments

Curiosity and compassion can help us make the world more beautiful…one moment at a time!

Creating Art from the Pain of the Past

Do you have the Onward Workbook? If so, I doubt you’ve reached the chapter called, “Focus on the Bright Spots,” but there’s an activity…

Mhlanguli George describes his process over traditional foods, in the home of the family who has offered their backyard.

When Curiosity Takes You to Theatre in the Backyard

Mhlanguli George walked the streets wondering what was happening in his neighbors’ backyards. “I would knock,” he says, “and I would hear a woman’s…

Finding Resilience in Spinach, Soil, Song and Spray Paint

Cape Town, South Africa, is a place of great natural beauty, tremendous possibility, and deep conflict. I’ve been here a few days and feel…