by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 25, 2011 | Art, Spirituality
In it's 10th year of operation, The Frist Center for the Visual Arts keeps getting better. It's newest jewel of an exhibit, Vishnu, Hinduism Blue-Skinned Savior was five years in the making. Joan Cummins, curator of Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 21, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
"igbok" is the brainchild of uber talented and nice guy artist-painter David Arms of Nashville. Previous posts referencing igbok are here, here, here, here, here, here, here.
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 18, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Oops! The cat was out of the bag. In personal meeting a year ago, a usually ultra buttoned lipped Vanderbilt Kennedy Center staffer let it slip: Blythe Corbett may be coming to Nashville. All I knew about this former UCLA pediatric neuropsychology...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 16, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Spirituality
There's a reason why the autism community logo is a puzzle piece. Actually there's a number of reasons, but one of them being that there is a myriad of puzzle pieces to this life of disAbility. And while the puzzle piece also signifies the remaining enigma of...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 11, 2011 | Art, Nashville!
Passion is universal humanity.Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. –Honore de Balzac What Nashville artist's palatte best illustrates St. Valentine's colors of passion? Andee Rudloff. She's not just a favorite...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 9, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
The blogging conference session was tagged "Advocates and Activists: Harnessing Social Media for Social Good in the Face of Compassion Fatigue." I slipped into the back of the room. Late. I assumed I'd hear about India. Haiti….I was curious, but I...