The Rediscover Center, like Bahala, collects the isolated bits, organizes them, and reframes them into something greater.

WUUM feels less like a living ecosystem, a wall composed of biodynamic plants. It’s constantly evolving, growing new branches, and deepening its roots. Just like the women it serves.

But the sky tugged at her. Call it the reverse pull of gravity. In 2013, she could no longer ignore it.

Jewelry is an art form that combines our corporeality with ideas. In this way, we embody and signal ideas about culture, beauty, and our identities. 

“It’s so much easier to take something like creating art seriously when we’re having fun.”

“Even at the best of times, having a creative outlet is essential to well-being,” Claudia said. “How better to unwind than literally unwinding something?”

Inviting spontaneity, silliness, and collaborative playfulness, modeling creativity in action. Polly’s voice rang out: “People ask me, How do you write a song? Usually I just make stuff up. And hope it works out.”

These pieces, culled simply from events and thoughts/feelings in one day, often with very little elaboration, were intensely moving. Strung together and read aloud, they felt like profound koans and/or fragments that have survived from Ancient Greece.

What if there’s a way to both disconnect and connect simultaneously?

Education and wellness— are what propels us toward the most successful and inclusive version of our communities.

We are narrative machines. A blessing and our kryptonite.

Play is a natural gateway to “lose your mind and come to your senses.”

“I re-learned that slowing down enough to let go of the goal and being with what simply is—a kind of intention-guided surrender—is a path of least resistance.”