In-formed by Love, not News

The gruesome experience “informed” his art. The break-in and near death experience, “informed” his life’s course. The death of her mother by suicide “informed” her field of study. The assault she survived “informed” her very life. What happens in our lives in-forms us. What we experience forms us, on the inside. We say we live in an […]

Beauty and the Beast Turns the Tables

Something captures us in this story, these characters, and their theme song. Oh, we’ve read it a thousand times, thanks to Disney. Beautiful princess is rescued by fair prince. No, wait! That’s not this story, these characters, or this theme. This re-telling compels us because it’s an improbable love story; beautiful Belle, kind, caring, determined, […]