Bob Findle died of cancer on March 16, 2012. A regular at Tish Sjoberg’s Expressive Arts Studio in San Diego, Bob was inspired by a Daily Art Show at the studio to begin his own daily art project. But within weeks of starting it, he learned he was dying. That might have been a good excuse to stop creating art, but instead he kept going – because he wanted to be present to the … [Read more...]
Sometimes an awe-inspiring creature appears on the scene just when it’s most needed, sparking widespread devotion. Like gentle, loving Aloka (faithful companion to the peace-walking Buddhist monks, who has become a superstar during a time of rampant hatred and division), the racehorse Man O’ War held a similar level of fame in his day. This wonder-horse won 20 of 21 races, … [Read more...]
On the morning of January 24, on a frigid Minneapolis street, all hell broke loose as intensive care nurse Alex Pretti was brutally murdered trying to help a woman who’d been accosted by masked ICE agents. Pretti was pepper-sprayed, then shot repeatedly by an ICE agent, in a horrifying incident that closely mirrored the January 7 shooting of Renee Good. It turns out this … [Read more...]
When photographer Henry Eiland heard that Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile Walk for Peace were coming to Alabama, he felt compelled to see them. So, on Christmas Day, he attended their peace gathering at a church in Opelika. There he saw people of every culture and background. As Henry told Stay Inspired News, “I haven’t seen that many different kinds of people come together … [Read more...]
In her audacious memoir The Reluctant Psychic, Suzan Saxman tells the story of an elderly woman who once came to her for a reading. The client remained stern and unemotional throughout the session, though she did acknowledge things that the psychic pointed out. It was clear to Saxman that this individual had led a tough life and found it difficult to open up. Then at the … [Read more...]
