28 June 2019
“Star Child, list where you may. That heart’a yours will show the way.” -John Little Bear Eaton
Make art about a star child, about the emotional intelligence of star children.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
19 June 2019
When I was twelve or thirteen, a friend’s father, a somewhat pompous college professor, the kind who insisted on being addressed as Doctor…. told me I would never amount to anything.
As I say my gratitude prayers for today, I include him, that adult who was obviously so damaged or insecure that he felt compelled to strike out at a child. I took what he said as a challenge, a dare, a call to my Aries spirit to not only succeed, but to also surpass not only his poor expectations, but the much greater ones I already had for myself then.
Make art about success being the best revenge.
Image by Jonny Lindner from Pixabay
23 April 2019
Make art inspired by this:
“A child’s wisdom is wisdom still.”-Jewish proverb
12 April 2019
Write something inspired by this:
We are, all of us, always, the child the adult, and the elder simultaneously.
15 March 2019
Today, children in some 100 countries are walking out of school to push for global action on climate change. Over the last four months, hundreds of thousands of young people from many countries participated in demonstrations against climate change.
Make art about children leading the way. Or about climate change.
Read more details on the Global Youth Climate Strike here.
3 March 2019
Today is my daughter’s 32nd birthday. She is beautiful and brave and smart and loving, and I am grateful and humbled to know her. She has been and remains one of my most important teachers.
Make art about daughters.
12 February 2018
The world today desperately needs tenderness. Make art about acts of tenderness, tender hands.
13 February 2018
Make art about losing time.
14 February 2018
Make art about feeling fragmented.
15 February 2018
Make art about the weight of grieving.
16 February 2018
Make art about righteous anger.
17 February 2018
Make art about what shines.
18 February 2018
Make art about the betrayal of children, betraying a child’s trust.
19 February 2018
Make art about what patriotism means to you.
20 February 2018
Make art about who watches over you.
21 February 2018
Make art about working toward the answer.
22 February 2018
Make art about the revolution.
23 February 2018
“And a little child shall lead them.”- Isaiah 11:6 Make art inspired by this.
27 January 2018
When I was a child, my parents, who very much lived lives of service, took us little kids with them when they volunteered, at migrant farm camps, at the soup kitchen, while working with refugee families or others, wherever their volunteerism took them. Today, I was blessed to work with amazing parents who are teaching their children by setting the same examples, modeling for them lives of service. The children worked with us, learning what I learned as a kid—that we are, in fact, our brothers’ keepers, and that, yes, a single act of kindness, of service, can make the world a better place.
Make art about what we teach children by our actions.
28 January 2018
Make art about feeling unsafe, about steps you take to make yourself feel safe again, about taking down your own dragons.
23 December 2017
Make art about the joy of giving.
24 December 2017
Make art about watching a child grow, the day to day changes.
25 December 2017
Make art about interfaith conversation, about building interfaith peace.
26 December 2017
Make art about shady sales practices.
27 December 2017
Make art about something you consider sacred.
Mary Carroll-Hackett: Poetry and Prose 
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