“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it."
~ Thích Nhất Hạnh
“Both the monk and artist are edge dwellers, ones who commit to living
in fertile border spaces and who call the wider community to alternative
ways of being beyond the status quo. This can be a challenging and
sometimes lonely place; it can also be exhilarating and exciting to step
into the unknown. Living on the edges means recognizing those places
and experiences that do not offer easy answers, those fierce edges of
life where things are not as clear as we hope them to be. There is also
beauty in the border spaces, those places of ambiguity and mystery.”
--- Christine Valters Paintner, PhD