THE ART OF HEALING

Come to Omega and Cultivate a Kindness Revolution Ted Lasso Style

Join former ABC News anchor and creator of the Ten Percent Happier app, Dan Harris, and a team of renowned teachers and fans of the Ted Lasso TV series:

Brené Brown (via livestream only)

Elizabeth Lesser

La Sarmiento

Dawn Mauricio

Jess Morey

Mary Latham

July 8—10

Feeling Healing

Neuroscientist, mindfulness teacher, and founder of the “Science of Social Justice” framework, Dr. Sará King recently launched her third project with the Museum of Modern Art in New York, titled, “Art and Awareness as a Catalyst for Collective Healing.” This installation pairs artwork with soundscapes to explore how increased awareness of ourselves, our environment, society, and culture can help heal intergenerational trauma. “There’s something so visceral about standing in front of a gigantic painting and bearing witness to the emotions and other sensations that arise within the soma,” King says.

We often think of art and science as separate or even opposites, yet there’s a growing wave of organizations, medical school programs, and people exploring the ways in which the two fields overlap, and how they can work together to inform our view of healing and health care.

Paging Dr. Wonder

Art and science are both rooted in a sense of wonder and desire to understand the world—this is the foundational principle of ArtMed inSight, a consulting organization founded by artist Anne Willieme that brings the study of art to medical education. With classes and collaborations with prominent universities and hospitals in the US, ArtMed inSight aims to help medical staff and students explore self-awareness, emotional intelligence, human experience, and vulnerability by learning about and interpreting art.

Documenting Hope

At the main campus of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, an art gallery features several exhibitions each year to encourage inspiration, dialogue, and different points of view. Their exhibition “Celebrations: Selections from 100” features photos taken by documentary photographer Lynn Johnson, displaying moments of sadness, determination, hope, and healing at the hospital to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

The tawny mining bee, red mason bee, and patchwork leafcutter bee are among the nearly 250 species of solitary bees in the UK. A new building mandate in Brighton and Hove requires the inclusion of “bee bricks”: concrete blocks with small holes in which buzzy friends can nest and hibernate, which may protect their populations from biodiversity loss.

MINDFUL OR MINDLESS?

Our take on who’s paying attention and who’s not by

AMBER TUCKER

In a new twist on wanting to see the color of your money, a crypto marketplace is pioneering “metaNFTs” using 10,000 colors. If you own a color, you’ll earn royalties generated by the sale of other NFTs containing that color. In other words, says the founder, “We’re going to be turning colors into money.” We’re meta-over it.

More Wordle for everyone! The popular online game is being adapted for several Indigenous languages, including Gitksan, SENĆOŦEN, and Ōlelo Hawai‘i, giving Native and Indigenous speakers and learners a playful way to engage with their language.

Can skincare be more than just skin-deep?

Recognizing that stress and anxiety may worsen flare-ups, UK company Wild Source isn’t just selling oils, masks, and scrubs—with each purchase, you also get guided meditations that are supposed to complement specific products.

A prototype created by Japanese professor Homei Miyashita, “Taste the TV” uses flavor canisters that spray onto a lickable (ew) screen, simulating the flavors of 20 dishes. It’s intended to create a “multisensory viewing experience.” We call it “a whole new way to spend dinnertime in front of a screen.”

Fifty-eight future students of Central Michigan University were disappointed after being awarded full scholarships—by accident. While “testing its email technology,” the school erroneously sent out a slew of prestigious scholarship offers. After apologizing, the school still proffered smaller amounts of funding. ●