AN ART ESSAY MIRIAM HANID is an artist silversmith. In 2016, she was interviewed by ROSALIND PEARMAIN for Heartfulness Magazine about her art and her motivations. Five years later, they catch up again to find out more about Miriam’s journey, and where her art has taken her. Q: The last time we reflected on your work it was in 2016. Looking at your website, you have been so busy since then, continuing to create so many exquisite works of sheer beauty. How have you sustained this output? MH: Wow, time flies! Thank you,......
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Touch in the time of social distancing
TIFFANY FIELD, Ph.D. is the Founder and Director of the Touch Research Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Florida. She is well-known for her research on the benefits of touch and massage...
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The soundscape of music – part 2
In this exclusive interview, SHUBHENDRA RAO and SASKIA RAO-DE HAAS speak with V. SRINIVASAN. In part 2, they speak about the role of music in education, and how to bring music into the lives of...
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The soundscape of music – part 1
In this exclusive interview, which we feature in two parts, SHUBHENDRA RAO and SASKIA RAO-DE HAAS speak with V. SRINIVASAN about their careers in music, about the role of music in education, and about...
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Roots of empathy
MARY GORDON was interviewed by JUDITH NELSON at the Spirit of Humanity Forum in Iceland in 2019. In this excerpt, she shares her worldview on the importance of empathy in human relationships and how...
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Between stimulus and response
In this excerpt from an interview done in August 2016, DR. JAMES DOTY speaks to JOHN MALKIN about the science of meditation, the evolutionary advantage of compassion, aspects of human behavior that relate to compassion and collective...
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