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5/9 Violence -- A Story We Can End
If my father had kept an ice pick in the left bottom drawer of his desk, I doubt that my brother would have taken it one night and stabbed himself to death. Instead, at 20, in a moment of rage, he picked up the Colt .45 my Dad kept there and shot himself in the head, dying instantly. It’s oxymoronic that some people actually call this gun a “Peacemaker.” Most guns, while originally used to
...read more5/4 An Astonishing Story -- Mini-UN Makes "Peace Shift"
Dear ArtWavEs Community! We’re all painting on the great Canvas of Love, and I trust your compositions are masterpieces! The aspiring peacepainters at Kealakehe Elementary School are certainly creating “master-peaces,” original and salient silk paintings for peace in their hearts, and more astonishing, peace in the world. It amazes me, but what the children say about it and how it turns into kindness and harmony is even more striking. Working with the AWE team this
...read more4/28 The Power of Art & the Love Wave
Hey everyone. Aloha kakahiaka! I am feeling good, like a major love wave is washing over me with Ho’oponopono, bringing things back into balance. The love wave came out of an encounter with a ten-year-old boy who had been hateful one day before, but who made the turnaround from bully to artist on Day Two of our Peace Arts Intensive at Kealakehe Elementary School. Transformations and metamorphoses happen all the time during an ArtWavEs’ experience,
...read more4/20 Rites of Passage for Peace Arts: EMTs of the Future
Deciding it’s just another rite of passage does wonders for my mood. Realizing the heartbreak I feel from the news of violence, guns, poverty, and war doesn’t need to paralyze me. I can keep breathing deeply, flowing in harmony with what is, a divine plan, an antediluvian way of learning through conflict, and not get caught up in the trauma dramas so many people do, like I used to. It felt awful to live in
...read more1/27 ArtWavEs Kealakehe Elementary School Project
Aloha Kakou! Life is a flow of joyful energies and stumbling blocks. It’s also a series of moments when we can turn those blocks into stepping stones. At ArtWavEs (AWE) we help children to turn struggle into truth and beauty. We offer moments that help them thrive through hope, creativity, and peacemaking. Moments to see how their actions matter and that kindness matters. Moments to experience how art is mightier than the sword, Moments to
...read more1/1 The Gift of Gratitude | Volunteers, Donors, & Council of AWE
January 1, 2023 Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou! Happy New Year! I want to wish you a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2023! A thrilling ripple runs through my body and soul, stirring another wish — to share the Gift of Gratitude. We are busier than ever preparing for the next phase of ArtWavEs with our upcoming series of workshops, recordings, and organizational growth to give children and families the nourishment they need to thrive in the next
...read more12/29 Day 7 | The Gift of Children of War Becoming Children of Peace
Aloha Kakou! (Love to us all) “This may be the best thing that’s ever happened to me,” said Kate, pushing back her burgundy hair with wet fingers. Green, blue, and gold paints now smudged her ear in colors matching the silk Peace Flag in front of her. At 11, she had just painted her first Peace Flag for her family, and she was ecstatic, ready to make another flag as a gift for “children of
...read more12/27 Day 6 | The Gift of Books
A Book-Lover’s Octave 8 Favorite Books for 2022 What better gift is there than a good book? The gift of knowledge is forever; its riches are endless. This year-end round-up of my “top books” will nourish you long after reading them or giving them as gifts, and they highlight my eclectic tastes. I love books ranging from novelist Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads to Kirael’s Lemurian Legacy for the Great Shift — and who could forget Brene
...read more12/24 Day 5 | The Gift of Sharing with Nature
BALINESE OFFERINGS AND CHRISTMAS GIVING While wrapping a gift one year – a live French Thyme plant for my partner – I felt eager for Christmas when he would open it. In that moment, the gift would show him my thanks for all the days, hours, and time he gives to us. We could celebrate how time flies by and recall how the gift of thyme charms more than the eye, green thumb, and taste
...read more12/21 Day 4 | The Gift of Friends Helping Friends
On a Rainy Day (or any day) It rained lions and tigers and bears on Monday in Hawaii, but silk painters braved the elements to arrive at SKEA. Inside, we felt the thunderous balancing dance of Fire and Water from the cave-like pottery studio in South Kona. We stayed warm with our intention to make beauty, have fun, and share peace of mind. With the wind pushing rain sideways, rainy days can give pre-teen painters
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Spirit of Hawaii -- YOGA IN PARADISE
Breathe. Balance. Blossom. Living Arts Journeys guide you to the Heart of Hawaii Island. Experience Quantum Healing, Hawaiian Sacred Sites, Yoga Dance and Gentle and Therapeutic Yoga with Dr. Marya Mann. CLICK HERE for YOGA IN HAWAII DETAILS
