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October 13, 2023 Thanks to Ally Zlatar, a 2023 Fellow in Ideas, for today’s post. My journey into the realm of art activism was ignited by my personal battle with severe ill health, which included a protracted struggle with an eating disorder spanning over a decade. Throughout my recovery journey, I came to realize that …
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August 5, 2022 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. I often think of education in terms of a path. For some, the path is direct. Most often, however, it is not, but rather wanders a circuitous route through various disciplines and ideas. Many reasons exist for this wandering nature of education. Most …
July 1, 2022 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Breaks are necessary for both mind and body. However, taking a break does not necessarily imply idle behavior. Quite the opposite! When we have a break from our regular routine, we are able to do things the revitalize us. Rest allows for change …
Ahab Rages and Odysseus Weeps: Trauma as a Core Concept for Humanistic Inquiry June 24, 2022 Thanks to David C. Yamada, a 2022 Fellow in Ideas, for today’s post. The Great Books of the Western World series includes the two-volume Syntopicon, An Index to the Great Ideas, which contains 102 core ideas and accompanying entries …
October 15, 2021 Thanks to Jaya Upadhyay, a 2021 Fellow in Ideas, for today’s post. To the Bone (2017), a Netflix film, opens with two potent sequences. The first is a scene in which two stick-like figures emerge from the backdrop and approach the screen. These are women engaged in an eating disorder treatment program …
August 27, 2021 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. I picked up Intimations by Zadie Smith with no intention to write about it. I simply wanted to read another person’s experience of COVID and isolation. Though I have worked fairly hard to steel my mind against the static, restrictive nature of the …
July 16, 2021 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Likely you are already familiar with the image of Olympics rings, the symbol of the Olympic Games. First introduced in 1913, it has become a ubiquitous representation of sports across continents. Based on a design by Pierre de Coubertin, the rings represent the …
February 26, 2021 Thanks to Kyle Ryan Williams, an HMU 2021 Fellow in Ideas, for today’s post. In this pandemic era, COVID-19 has turned everything on its head. We are forced to isolate ourselves away from others in hopes of minimizing the rate by which the virus is transmitted. The prevention and sickness and death …
November 20, 2020 Thanks to Minette Bryant, a 2020 HMU Fellow in Ideas, for today’s blog post. There is simply no denying it, although denial is a major part of the grief process, and so anyone who would try to deny it is only exemplifying the point…we are all grieving. I keep thinking about a …
October 30, 2020 Thanks to Mike MacLean for today’s post. This post is the fifth in the series Our Mission Extends Beyond Us. As of July of 2019, passing a cardiopulmonary resuscitation course is a graduation requirement for Arizona’s high school seniors. According to the American Heart Association, receiving CPR can double or even triple …
