Women Empowering Women
Hockey Saved My Life (and Other Complications)
About a year ago, my mental health was the worst it’s ever been. Looking back on that time in my life, I credit three things with pulling me out of my despair: my community of loved ones, my therapist, and hockey.
This Graphic Novel is Healing my Childhood Self
As goofy as it sounds, children’s media can be particularly helpful, because it is a complete change of pace from the expectations of adult/academic life. I find that the simplicity of children’s media can be its greatest strength, revealing profound lessons and truths in a simple, comforting package. Lately, my comfort food of choice has been a junior graphic novel by Misty Wilson called Play Like a Girl.
How to Look at Art
Art is for everybody. Life imitates art and art imitates life- it is a curated vehicle of the artist’s vision and the human experience. Whether in a museum, concert, theatre, library or singing around a campfire- humans have always gathered to share in the observation of art. There is nothing more human than sharing art and sharing in the experience of observing it.