54 posts tagged Personal Perspectives
What My Rage Showed Me
An activist and filmmaker learned how to access her anger to heal and overturned some long-held beliefs about the relationship between rage and love along the way
A surreal collage shows a large vintage typewriter on rolling green hills with a sheet reading “ASK GOOD QUESTIONS,” while a headless figure with a cylindrical mechanical eye for a head holds a lit lantern over the paper, a tiny suited man on a spiky spherical plant peers through a long telescope toward the scene, and a large orange sun hangs in the pastel sky.
Noor Tagouri: Protectors All Around Us
A journalist shares how stories protect the vulnerable and bring us together
Collage of two smiling vintage figures on rocks in front of a farmhouse and snowy mountain, framed by oversized hands and tall yellow flowers; a salmon banner at top reads “GIVE OUT LOVE.”
Maggie Doyne: Protectors All Around Us
The cofounder of BlinkNow on channeling ferocity into protection
Collage of a person at a vintage sewing machine with flowing white fabric carrying a tiny walker, cotton plants, scissors, and the text “Take MINDFUL ACTION.”
Ang Dolma Sherpa: Protectors All Around Us
A social entrepreneur creates eco-friendly prayer flags and khata scarves while empowering local women
Collage of a yellow VW van floating above green fields with a sheep standing on its roof, cows, chickens, a pig, a moonlit sky, a blue butterfly, a sign reading ‘FARM SANCTUARY’ and a small label 'DO NO HARM’.
Gene Baur: Protectors All Around Us
The cofounder of Farm Sanctuary on transforming anger and saving lives
digitally illustrated collage of every day scenes in India with a blue background
The Dangerous Binary of Art and Craft
Making art in a world that denies your right to beauty is not just resistance—it is reclamation
collage of two images, on the left side is a painting and on the right is an adult with eyes closed and their right hand over their chest
Marking a Milestone: 500 Episodes of Mindfulness Meditation
Reflections and insights from the voices behind the original Rubin Museum podcast
mountain range in background and the village of Ngawal in forefront
Being in Ngawal
A writer’s artist residency along the Annapurnas in Nepal yields unexpected connections
an art handler lines up a thangka on the wall of the Rubin Museum Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room installation
The Art of Collaboration: Behind the Scenes of the Shrine Room’s Move to Brooklyn
Insights and reflections from the team who helped bring the Rubin’s beloved installation to its new home
norbu llhamo pointing to a statue in her household shrine room
A Household Shrine Room
This household altar in Queens is a place for daily prayers and connecting to family
Moments of Grace Amid the Chaos
Reflections on the role of museums, restitution, and responsibility from the Rubin Art Prize Winner
Dreaming in Sendak
Picture books cultivate connections to the world around us
Illustration by Murugiah
Embracing Interdependence
For all people, self-sufficiency is a myth
Illustration by Gonkar Gyatso
One Refuge, One Planet
Homage to Yum Chenmo, the Great Mother
View in between buildings in Toronto, Canada.
Asian Avenue
Snapshots of an old building bring back adolescent memories of people met online
REALIZE 
A personal story about a radical shift in perspective
REIMAGINE
A personal story about a radical shift in perspective
Can I Let Me Go?
On surrender and awakening
Unmasking AI
The founder of the Algorithmic Justice League shares how human bias shapes machine learning
REFRAME
A personal story about a radical shift in perspective
Of Seeds and Blood
Reemergence through loving the world
Meltdown Samsara
An artist faces a frightening part of herself and learns how to let go
RELEASE
A personal story about a radical shift in perspective
It Matters How You Are Born; It Matters How You Die
A birth doula and a death doula share how support helps people through major life transitions
Spiritual First Responder
Words and teachings for difficult transitions
A Capacity to Change
A Tibetan immigrant writer reflects on their gender transition
Ritual Lens
A daughter documents her mother's decline and the Hindu rites around death and mourning
Everything Changes for the Better
Overcoming the challenges of being stateless
How to Like Mondays
Changing careers is not always easy
Good Will Writing
An ethical will passes down wisdom through the generations

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