The awe I feel when I witness the graceful flexibility of a professional dancer or athlete, whether in motion or the stillness of a pose, is a kind of reverence without any misgivings that I could accomplish a similar physical feat with my own body.  My body simply does not and will not bend, fold, or extend in the ways of a bad ass breakdancer or hoopster.  I can accept this.  I will keep doing yoga, keep getting down on the floor to play with my kiddo, and I will keep on dancing at every groovy opportunity, but my physical flexibility has limitations. 

What do you need the end of the year and start of the next to be?  What do you want it to be?  If you are like me, I want it to be EVERYTHING, and I need it to be SUPER relaxing.  Hence, a list of gentle reminders for mental well-being!

The motivations to be an artist are perhaps easily identified on the surface, though quite complex when a multitude of internal and external factors are considered.

It can be vital to the therapeutic alliance for artists to feel understood in their identity as artists and the contemporary challenges that they face by those who counsel them through difficult feelings and experiences.