On Friday, February 10th we will experience a Lunar Eclipse in conjunction with the Full Moon in Leo. The Full Moon of February is also called the Snow Moon. Full Moon Lunar Eclipses are intense and bring change. They force us to burn what no longer serves us in preparation for what is to come, […]
Hilda Terry was a cartoonist mostly known for ‘Teena’, a comic strip about a teenage girl that ran for 20 years in American newspapers. She was the first woman allowed to join the National Cartoonists Society in 1950 and became a pioneer in early computer animation. Born in 1914, Terry was raised in Newburyport, Massachusetts. She […]
The word feminism pops up a lot: we’ve heard about it on ‘Broad City’ and ‘Master of None’, read about it in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ‘We Should All Be Feminists’ and obviously listened to Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’. For better or worse, pop culture cashes in on feminism; regardless of that, the movement has gained important political […]
There’s no one way to be an artist. There’s no one type of artist. And there’s definitely no one who is going to come and declare you an artist. For many, following an artistic pursuit means abandoning many of the pursuits deemed necessary by society. It means following your own path, a path filled with […]
Jupiter turned retrograde Monday, and calls us to question what is fair, both in our personal lives and the collective whole. There has been a lingering feeling of exhaustion, and a questioning of whether we will ever reap the benefits of the hard work we have been putting in. It can all feel discouraging and […]
We begin February coming from the Chinese New Year, or Lunar New Year, which follows the first New Moon of each year, on January 27th. The Chinese calendar follows the Chinese zodiac, where one of the 12 signs represents each year as well as one of the five elements – Gold (metal), Wood, Water, Fire […]
Judy Chicago is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces which examine the role of women in history and culture. Born in Chicago, Illinois, as Judith Cohen, she changed her name after the deaths of both her father and her first husband, choosing to disconnect from […]
Our greatest weakness is lack of self-confidence. — Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry at the Ball State 2013 Commencement Speech Angela Ahrendts is an American businesswoman and the senior vice president of retail at Apple Inc. Before her impressive position at Apple, she was the CEO of Burberry from 2006 to 2014. Ahrendts was ranked […]