Recently my daughter had an assignment for English Literature. She had to compare and contrast two poems. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by Keats and “Musée des Beaux Arts” by Auden. Both poems are inspired by art! They inspect art, life and death. Keats poem ends with asserting that “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” Auden’s poem ends with a ship which is witness to a tragic event, “a boy falling out of the sky. Had somewhere to go and sailed calmly on.” Keats sees the urn as unchangg To me from the...

The last couple of weeks, I have been assessing my needs. I keep coming back to the word “nourishment”. There are so many levels or layers to this nourishment. There are ways to nourish yourself mentally, emotionally, spiritually and of course physically. Where am I lacking this nourishment? In Sanskrit, a word for nourishment is “bhunaktu”. This rich word figures big in a beautiful mantra that in English we call “The Togetherness Mantra”. Om Saha Nā Vavatu, Saha Nau Bhunaktu May we be...

Last week in an email I asked how you are feeling? In discussions with my students and friends, I am noticing the uptick in anxiety. This...