About This Issue
by Robert Gilman
ART AND ARTIST
The Edge Of Knowing by Karen Thorkilsen
Commitment to the discipline of creative vulnerability
Moving Toward The Center Of Life by Alan Gussow
We cannot be mere spectators to art and life — rather we coexist with both
Transforming The Myth by Deborah Koff-Chapin
Making a choice to live our lives in “another way”
Spin-Off by Joan Coverdale
Good friends, newly met
Art As Right Livelihood? by Drummond Reed
Possibilities for putting the power of art to work for real change
Finding A Place For Art In Community by Laurel Black
Giving form to the visions of others through an attitude of service
Culture, Art & Tao by Lizanne Fisher
Practicing In The Orchard by Brandy Williams
Finding the art in our Self
Dancing The World Awake by Emily Janet Day
The energy of creation may be our saving grace
Grassroots Theater a book review by Maryo Ewell
A book whose time has come — thirty years later
Cultural Animation by Peter Reynolds
“Just plain folks” building culture — rather than just consuming it
Storytelling by Elaine Wynne
To change our lives, we must change our stories
The Corn Dance by Rico Reed
A story told at the spring planting ritual
RITUAL AND CEREMONY
Ritual Is Essential by Dolores LaChapelle
Seeing ritual and ceremony as sophisticated social and spiritual technology
Warriors Of The Beauty Way an interview with Elizabeth Cogburn by Ross Chapin
Realizing the power and possibility of human potential by creating in beauty
Heart Sharing by the U. V. Family
A “tested” model for group communication
A Dream by Alfred Mercer
Where we find purification and peace
The Paradox Of Impromptu Ritual by Teresina R. Havens
Creating ceremonies and rituals when there is no tradition to follow
Matt’s Rite Of Passage by Paul Kraska
Honoring the transition from boy to man
Healing The Mountain by Anna Halprin
Ceremony and ritual applied to community life
FOLLOWTHROUGH AND LETTERS
Nuclear Context by Larry Langdon
Beyond War by Virginia Hoyte
Peace Exchange by Robert Schutz
