by Art Saves Lives | Jan 2, 2025 | Art Saves Lives, Blog
For most of my life, I could not bear my own face. Though I would recognize what I saw in the mirror as familiar, I did not feel it was mine. What I did feel was that it was wrong. I was raised like a prisoner on an island that most consider a paradise. My parents...
by Rob Haney | Dec 18, 2024 | Blog, Events
Updated 12/23/2024: Recording of the Glowing in the Dark reading is now available on our YouTube Channel. Click here to watch. Hosted by Hari Alluri and Seema Reza, featuring readings from writers whose work sustains us, helps us to balance the light and darkness in...
by Art Saves Lives | Nov 27, 2024 | Art Saves Lives, Blog
We admire stoics. Those who bear the wounds of this life in venerable silence. The grandfather or uncle who never spoke of their wartime experiences, for instance. We might pity stoics, too. Those who never found a voice of their own—the words, the ability, the...
by Ben Weakley | Nov 14, 2024 | Blog
A message from Art Saves Lives editor, Ben Weakley about our open submissions period. We build community one story, one voice, at a time. In February this year, my dear friend and colleague Seema Reza entrusted me to be the editor of an essay series that enacted a...
by Rob Haney | Nov 11, 2024 | Blog, In The Community
CBAW in Community with Caregivers at Navy Safe Harbor Event. We were honored to partner with the Navy Safe Harbor Foundation for their 2024 annual Caregiver Event. It was inspiring to engage with these resilient caregivers and lead them through a reflective self-care...
by Seema Reza | Nov 11, 2024 | Blog
“Those living at a particular time are never simply the denizens of history or the pawns of time, they are also the only possible recipients of the messages of eternity trying to slip into the world …. we are each already an old soul capable of living meaningfully...
