A rare opportunity to travel to Indonesia has popped up for me. This trip couldn’t have come at a better time as I seek to reboot and rebalance my life. Before I head off on my adventure, I’d like to share with you one of my favourite poems by Shel Silverstein. What better way to…
While spring-cleaning my home library, I rediscovered an inspirational gem tucked in one of the books as a marker – a quote from A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, spiritual teacher, author and lecturer. I never tire of the timeless, encouraging message that speaks to our individual uniqueness, capacity for love and immeasurable human…
As a long-time fan of comic art and graphic novels I am always awed by their power to entertain, heal and teach through visual storytelling. The concept of art as a therapeutic and educational tool finds poignant expression in the remarkable and courageous Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me, by Bobby Baker. Bobby Baker is in…
I am a self-described comic art geek. It has been a fascination of mine since childhood, and mystifies my mother to this day. Imagine her bewilderment when I had eschewed both law and medical schools for fine arts and a career in animated films. Fast forward twenty years and I am still a comic art…