This blog is about what arts and culture enable and how to enable arts and culture. A fitting question before further exploration is what people think a flourishing society is and does for its people. I wonder, what do you think? If you have ideas about this, I offer a number of channels for you […]
WBUR’s David Boeri shared a story about Richard Goodwin, a man I knew nothing about but who apparently inspired change by his words. Richard Goodwin was speech writer for Lyndon B. Johnson during a time full of racial tension. Goodwin crafted what became known as the “We Shall Overcome Speech” landing him a place in […]
I like coffee shops. They hum with discussion, writing, thought. That deliciously dark and aromatic liquid is imbibed in its varying degree of strength. And though not all countries have had this coffee culture, gatherings to discuss and share a drink of some sort is a custom that we can trace back to various forms. […]
I hope we are on the way to a better, more generous, equitable, thriving society today 2014. Some are pessimistic. I am optimistic. Why, because we have so much history and wisdom to draw from. We have access to stores of information that have been collected by many. And the frame of a website, database, […]