Art and Music
What really made people resonate with Frozen is the life lessons it portrayed. In this article, I listed 12 morals that I personally believe are reflected on the movie and how you can adapt these lessons in daily life.
Man has “a mind that soars out to speculate about atoms and infinity, who can place himself imaginatively at a point in space and contemplate bemusedly his own planet. This immense expansion, this dexterity, this ethereality, this self-consciousness gives to man literally the status of a small god in nature…Yet, at the same time… man is a worm and food for worms.”
– Ernest Becker
Alexis speaks with award winning new age recording artist Steven Halpern about the many dimensions of sound and its impact on the human condition. You won’t want to miss this one! “There’s more to hear than meets the ear.” This is a phrase coined by award winning new age recording artist and sound scientist, Steven Halpern. […]
If we make it through this time of climate crisis and economic upheaval, the new storytellers will deserve some of the credit. The new storytellers have in common a keen awareness that our society is not working. A key to building a better one is making visible new ways of living that are more just and sustainable.
What if visualization, imagination, and art could change the future? Life imitates art, and life is now imitating science fiction. Visualize this. Imagine a time in the future filled with “magical” technologies. Vertical farms, teleportation of 3-D printable food, and advanced biotechnology have eradicated hunger around the world. Age reversal has become possible, and human longevity has reached several hundred years. Automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and the new age of advanced self-replicating robots have freed humanity of the archaic idea of work. The word “job” has vanished from the human lexicon. Humans now spend their time in pursuit of higher realms of artistic, cognitive, and scientific exploration.
Experimental studies show that musical training, whether via one-on-one lessons or in group sessions, enhances people’s response to speech. In the latest study, four or more years of musical training in childhood was linked to faster neural responses to speech.
India and many places in the World have a huge problem with managing waste. Many countries simply don’t have the infrastructure to manage waste properly, hence rubbish everywhere due to a lack of recycling plants. With a strong belief in ‘Art changes people and people change the world,’ British Artist Char Evans created an Eco Art installation at Auroville in India to send out a message to corporations Worldwide about the waste they generate.
CLN’s own Alexis Brooks interviews the producers of the 2014 New Living Expo, Ken and Corinna Kaufman about their 13th annual event taking place on April 25-27 in San Francisco! The New Living Expo celebrates its 13th year and a brand new location at the San Mateo Event Center. NLE will welcome back the exhibitors, […]
We all know what it’s like to go in for the first kiss – the hesitation, maybe even fear, and ultimately the excitement of it is electrifying. So what happens when strangers pair up on camera to share an intimate moment?
Creativity works in mysterious and often paradoxical ways. Creative thinking is a stable, defining characteristic in some personalities, but it may also change based on situation and context.
Bach’s Baroque music focuses our brains into the alpha wave state, boosting IQ scores and performance, lowering stress and anxiety, and even helping with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Inner work, spiritual awakening and global transformation aren’t usually topics we’re used to hearing about in the mainstream music industry, but musician Ben Lee has…
Activism can take many forms. Popular Resistance is a movement for social, economic and environmental justice. Today you can support activist art, learn about economic democracy, or support others who face imprisonment for their courageous acts.
Must see music video by Cale Sampson titled “The Truth Is”: The truth is that we need to open up our eyes so that we start to see all of the lies that we were told and we believed. Because the time has come to face reality. And work together for the sake of liberty. So that our future generation can be free…
