ART of Acceptance, Reflection, & Transformation
ART of acceptance, reflection, and transformation is an art (creative), an acronym (A.R.T.), and a practice of personal growth for holistic well-being. Read More
Tagged: acceptance
The Art Matrix engages the process or action of being received as adequate, valid or suitable; to embrace the struggle, suffering, along with wonder and joy.
Before Me: Was, Is, & Will Be
Before Me: Was, Is, Will Be, the barren and the dark, that blackens the indigo so I dance barefoot across the ice. Read More
Reflections on Depression in Johann Hari’s “Lost Connections”
Reflections on depression in Johann Hari’s “Lost Connections”: possible alternative causes and solutions, expands thinking about our mental health, hope, and holistic well-being in this world. Read More
Empathy with Compassion and Respect
Empathy involves bringing a compassionate voice to core values, personal truths, with intuitive understandings. With these mindful considerations, we can build meaningful lives with positive intentions and interactions. Read More
Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem by Gloria Steinem
In Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Gloria Steinem sets out to restore the self-authority that such injustice has undermined. Read More
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach is an illuminating book looking at overcoming constricted and unfulfilled lives. Read More
With Grace, into the Epilogue
Though this nascent rise, we traverse though narratives of enlightenments that become the songs of seasons tuning soul-wisdom. Read More
Being and Nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre
Being and Nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre contemplates consciousness, subjective observation and meaningful existence. Read More
Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir
Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir is a classic introduction to existentialist thought. In the book, de Beauvoir outlines a series of “ways of being” Read More
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory… Read More
Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacque Rousseau
Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacque Rousseau Read More
The Art of Holistic Well-Being Book Reviews
A.R.T. = Acceptance + Reflection + Transformation The Art Matrix Magazine The Art of Living… Read More
The Keys Book Reviews
The Art Matrix Magazine Keys Book Reviews features books under the umbrella theme of holistic well-being. Please stay tuned as Book Reviews and extended Book Talk Posts are added on a daily basis:) Read More
Six Degrees of Acceptance
Where earth meets sky, is the vision, best held in accepting the six degrees as the heart rises connected by being soulfully alive. Read More
Possibilities and Hope
We need possibilities which give us creative opportunities to build hope–growth mindset with more possibilities and hope. Read More
In Gratitude & Paying-it-Forward
In Gratitude & Paying-it-Forward with empathetic mindsets, we share quiet ‘gifts’ along the way, to enrich each other on our shared journeys. Read More
The Theatre
I heard distant news in my travels
tales of a satire called Seasons played at the Maytime theatre Read More
“American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins
The Art Matrix Magazine Book Reviews: Author, Jeanine Cummins, shares a fascinating story of resilience and the will-to-survive, in American Dirt. Read More
The One-Line Poetry Collection
In the art of being authentic, writing the one-line poetry collection reflects on ART-Accepting + Reflecting + Transforming, with integrity. Read More
The Haiku Collection
A Matrix Post: The Collection of Haiku, Tanka, Senryu poetry ~ Leah Read More
The Puzzle
and the muse whispers to me from within
the message I hear is to remedy the confounding puzzle
that is roping me to the lost pieces of spring. Read More
Dreaming Beyond Poe
The dream is within the dream. It is the soul reaching out to talk to you. To embrace the intangible with the tangible. Read More
The Kite and the String
Passive resistance with the truth of prana in the parable, The Kite and the String, and other thoughts. Read More
Radical Empathy and Acceptance
In this Art Matrix Magazine article, Radical Empathy and Acceptance, being surrounded by ‘tells’ a cacophony can be a chaotic ‘noise-of-knowing’ fuelling overwhelming anxiety. Read More
Into the ‘Lime Light’ with Anxiety Disorder
Into the Liime Light with Anxiety Disorder seems seem to be contradictory and counter-intuitive and yet we do this, holding a vulnerability to empower. Read More
The Webbed Enclosure
Free verse poetry: That which extends phenomenal human narratives. With a dusting and a turn, we open the gate beyond the webbed enclosure. Read More
