Culture and Arts Notebook

THIRD INTERVIEW IN A FOUR-PART SERIES         by Genevieve Balance-Kupang Ramadan Mubarak! This Sacred Month of Ramadan, I am one with our Muslim friends, as you offer significant supplications, carry out fasting and charitable works, reflect on…

INTERVIEW/MUSIC         Pressenza interviewed Chris Wells, one of the singer-songwriters and producer, featured in the album, Songs for Sala, released and available on bandcamp: https://salasongs.bandcamp.com/releases Chris Wells is a songwriter, actor, teacher and Siloist based in New…

(Second Interview of a Four-Part Series)         by Genevieve Balance-Kupang Ramadan Mubarak! During this Holy Month of Ramadan, I am one with our Muslim friends, as you offer profound prayers, carry out fasting and charitable works, reflect…

HUMAN INTEREST         The other day, my husband was scrolling down his Facebook page, and he said, “These days I send more messages of condolence, than of happy birthdays or congratulations.” My husband recently dodged three bullets.…

SPIRITUALITY (Third of a Series)         by Genevieve Balance-Kupang Creating mandalas is intentional, serial, imaginal, and relational. It offers a method, a process, and a potential for integrating unconscious dynamics into awareness and as an expression of…

PAINTING         The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago is currently hosting a solo art exhibition by Dr. Kuhn Hong entitled “Ethiopian: Hands Stretched out to God” from April 16- 27, 2021. It was so heartwarming to connect…

(First Interview of a Four-Part Series)     by Genevieve Balance-Kupang Ramadan Mubarak to all our Muslim siblings! Greetings of a blessed observance of the holy month of Ramadan. I am one with you as you tender intense prayer, do…

Fort Ilocandia, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Photo by Erlie Lopez.   POEM       by Erlie Lopez i love dusks when the amber of the sky sends a glow to the heart and the breeze whiffs a kiss to the…

SPIRITUALITY         by Genevieve Balance-Kupang From the Byakko Shinko Kai (BSK) perspective, written mandalas of bright words and gratitude to nature are a path to inner peace and world peace. The mandala is a circle with a…

NARRATIVE         by Trudi Richards When my brother and sisters and I were little and we got too rowdy, our mother used to suddenly say, “let’s listen to the quiet!” Then we would all hunker down and…