INSTANT-BUL
On our way home to NYC from India we have a layover in Turkey. The plane lands and we fidget, antsy… waiting for everyone to exit the plane. We have exactly 5 hours; enough time to buy Turkish Visas (30 bucks at the airport), check our bags, buy metro cards and catch a glimpse of […]
Factory of Dreams
During our last week in India, we were invited by Bachpan Bachao Andolan to host one last Hearts of the World program in India with children rescued from bonded child laborer at Mukti Ashram in Delhi. Many of the kids at the ashram had scars all over their hands from cutting and welding steel wire. Most […]
The Hearts of India Exhibition
The Hearts of India event-exhibition for me was an exciting three hour blur of color, laughter and art. After three months in India with 12,000 road km logged, inviting 500+ children from all over the country to imagine and paint their greatest dreams on paper inside a “heart” outline… we finally shared their stories and artwork […]
“The Village”
We’re back in Delhi, we’ve moved to Hauz Khas Village for the time being to get ready for the upcoming Hearts of India event. We moved into an apartment owned by the big boss of HK Village, we call him “Chicken Don Khan…” He runs a chicken restaurant on the DL and caters to the […]
“The Hearts of India”
We are back in Delhi! We’ve come full circle, having traveled over 12,000 km over the last three months. Along the way we’ve hosted twelve Hearts of the World workshops, inviting young people to explore their inner worlds through the meditative act of painting. Each child painted their unique heart and now it’s time to […]
Life means all that it ever meant.
Last week I learned from my family on the other side of the world, that my brother, my dearest companion had died. I’ve spun a thousand prayer wheels in his name in Dharamsala. I miss him so much. I love this bit of writing about death, it was written by a teacher named Henry Scott […]
LIFE IS PRECIOUS
The world around me is a blur.It moves fast at an unattainable pace. I feel frozen. I’ve received the unbearable news from my family that my brother, my childhood companion, has died. It feels too strange to write it. I can’t believe it, but it’s true. I feel so detached from it, being on the […]
The Rock Land of Mr. Chand
We duck into the tiny arched doorway and enter a spectacular, labyrinthine world of rock-formed curiosity. We’re in Chandigarh, India’s first planned city, completed in 1960 under the guidance of famed architect Le Corbusier. On our way to Delhi from Himachal Pradesh we learned of the “Rock Garden,” a passion project by a man named […]
Hearts of the World, Dharamsala
For our 12th workshop in India, we traveled north to the mountainous city of Dharamsala, the home of the Dalai Lama to work with students at his school for young monks. Working with the students was emotionally challenging, educational and a powerful experience because they expressed and talked about issues that are often suppressed and […]
Jamyang’s story
This is Jamyang. We met him while walking around McLaud Ganj looking for monastaries to invite to do the Hearts of the World project. He offered to help us find a group of teenage monks. We got together for a tea and I listened intently as he told us his story. JamYang had survived the […]