| The tug of war | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 3:03:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | Before Sept. 11, 2001, Steve Mumford was just another painter working his way up the food chain of the New York art world. A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and a Boston native, he'd gotten into a good gallery and his neo-surrealistic paintings were receiving respectful reviews. Then came the attacks on the World Trade Center and the US invasion of Iraq, and Mumford came to an unusual, life- and career-altering decision. He decided to go to Iraq: not as a soldier but as an old-fashioned combat illustrator. With press credentials provided by the online artnet Magazine, Mumford made four trips to Iraq in 2003 and 2004, and he created hundreds of ink and watercolor drawings documenting many different experiences of the war. He drew gun battles, crowded street scenes, landscapes, portraits of local citizens, prisoners behind bars, and images of US troops playing games and sleeping.... | |
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| | | State Fair: Meditation gardens | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 12:57:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | Some gardens at the State Fair will be tempting to both the eye and the soul. Theyre known as meditation or contemplation gardens. Some of their features are sure to include waterfalls, quiet reflecting pools and a place to sit and enjoy the plants. Watch the video as Anne Clapp takes you through one of the State Fairs meditation gardens. .... | |
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| | | Staffer at Blue Mountain hired to run philanthropy | | Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:59:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | A philanthropy in Indiana has named Shari Woodbury, development manager for the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in Tomales, as its president and chief executive. Woodbury, 32, will take over the Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County on Aug. 24. Woodbury managed fundraising for about a year at the Blue Mountain Center, a nonprofit retreat off Tomales-Petaluma Road. Before coming to Blue Mountain, she lived in Indiana for nine years and spent a year as a development officer at the Bloomington foundation. Her family lives in .... | |
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| | | Study looks at massage, meditation as therapy for the dying | | Posted Sunday, July 16, 2006 4:58:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | EDMONDS, Wash. (AP) -- Kay Faulkner looks forward to her Monday morning massage therapy, a highlight of the week for the terminally ill woman diagnosed with ovarian cancer six years ago. "You can't expect to feel good when you're dying of cancer," said Faulkner, who receives half-hour massages twice a week through a study by researchers at the University of Washington and Bastyr University. The schools are researching the effectiveness of massage, guided meditation and visits from volunteers for terminally ill patients. Hospices around the state have been adopting alternative care for years. A recent survey found that 86 percent of hospice groups in Washington state offer some form of complementary care such as massage, music therapy, meditation and art therapy. Those therapies can be infrequent, though, because the programs rely on volunteers, said Leila Kozak-Gilroy, a study researcher from Bastyr.... | |
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