ARTS

The creative spirit, and how it moves us.

Hospital Flag Cartoon

posted Feb 25, 2007

"Well, yes, we were going to do a heart transplant, but we just couldn't find yours." Caption submitted by Richard Brooks.

Wedding Telephone Cartoon

posted Feb 25, 2007

"My father wanted me to bring this along for the part where the priest says 'speak now or forever hold your peace.'" Caption submitted by Maggie E. Pettit.

Dancing Penguins Cartoon

posted Feb 25, 2007

"It's a liberal myth, Mildred. You're making a fool of both of us." Caption submitted by Ann Onimus.

How Films Can Inspire Us to Action

posted Feb 08, 2007

A special YES! Magazine graphic showing how to use documentaries to inspire activism.

Documentaries: Ready, Set ... Action

by Joseph Huff-Hannon

posted Feb 06, 2007

Documentaries could be just another form of entertainment. But some activists and filmmakers are teaming up to use film to change the world.

No Comment: Irony in India

by Sharad Haksar

posted Nov 30, 2006

Internationally recognized advertising photographer Sharad Haksar's "Brand Irony" series highlights concern about water shortages in communities around Coca-Cola's bottling plants across India.

Jon Stewart: Journalist or Comedian?

by Sarah Kuck

posted Nov 30, 2006

Jon Stewart's satirical Daily Show takes a critical yet hilarious look at government, current affairs, media, and pop culture. He says he's just a comic. Some journalists disagree.

In Review :: Conversations over the Line

posted Nov 30, 2006

Reviews of bell hooks and Amalia Mesa-Bains' Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism, Jill Bamburg's Getting to Scale, Peacemaking Circles: From Crime to Community by Kay Pranis, Barry Stuart and Mark Wedge, and the film The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, directed by Faith Morgan.

Considering the Crisis

posted Jul 21, 2006

Suggested Reading for "How Likely Is Collapse"

Notes from Underground

posted Jun 21, 2006

Reviews of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Save the World, Global Class War, Healthy Money, Healthy Planet, Home Enlightenment and Independent America.

Men, War, and Families

by Robert F. Johnson, Gordon Mustain

posted Jun 05, 2006

Two poems by veterans who recall the effect of military combat on their own lives.

Book Review: Every Day is a Good Day by Wilma Mankiller

by Lilja Otto

posted Apr 18, 2006

Provides insights into the lives and ideas of indigenous women and invites readers to re-examine their own cultural and spiritual backgrounds.

Buster Simpson: Art in Service to Ecology

by Dee Axelrod

posted Feb 22, 2006

Buster Simposon makes sculptures that enhance and explain rather than merely decorate the landscape.

Radically Righteous Babe

by Dee Axelrod

posted Sep 08, 2005

There are artists whose work is ceative and then there are artists so charged with creative power that it's impossible to find the seam between the art and the life. Ani Di Franco fits in the latter category.

The Folk Rock On: Utah Phillips

by Utah Phillips, Dee Axelrod

posted Sep 02, 2005