ARTShift is a collective collaboration of creative minds focused on raising awareness and contributing to positive social transformation.
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What is my Art?
I love to sing, but I can't carry a tune (one of the first sentences my first son struggled to say when he was about 18 months old was "no sing, mommy!" - I just cried thinking about all the months he must have spent trying to find the right words to say that would get me to finally stop singing him to sleep...)
I can’t make it through a day without music in my life,… Continue
Posted by Rori on August 4, 2008 at 10:00pm — 5 Comments
Final Installment of Shattering Paradigms
Wouldn’t we be happier if we were excited about each new day? What if we were happy every day? Tell me—do you have more energy when you are happy and excited or when you are down and out? Wouldn’t it be great to have a renewed energy about life? Wouldn’t it be easier to live each day with positive expectation as you work to achieve your goals and dreams? What would it be like to be learning and growing each day?
Our paradigms are our prisons—the prisons of our thought proces… Continue
Posted by Michael Tucci on July 31, 2008 at 2:29pm
Shattering Paradigms--Small Shifts Create HUGE Changes (Parts III & IV)
Part III--Paradigms
It is our conditioning and our culture that holds us back. It is the framework through which we have been taught to live life—not actually taught, but the boundaries we learn as we go through life. These are paradigms. What is the definition of a paradigm? It is: a model that forms the basis of something: an example that serves as a pattern or model for something, especia… Continue
Posted by Michael Tucci on July 29, 2008 at 1:35pm
Shattering Paradigms--Small Shifts Create HUGE Changes (Parts I and II)
“It is not given us to live lives of undisrupted calm, boredom and mediocrity. It is given us to be edge-dwellers.” Jay Deacon
This quote has raised revolutionary thoughts within me. I have known that life is to be lived. That to achieve anything, even remotely worth achieving, one must get out of one’s comfort zone, confront fear, and do things that are not normally within the realm of our daily grind. One of my favorite definitions of happiness is: “People are happies… Continue
Posted by Michael Tucci on July 25, 2008 at 4:54pm
Artists Resonating The Shift
ARTShift...
A.R.T.S.
The wave... it is on the horizon... it's been growing for some time... a shift in consciousness.
Individual and collective transformation...
Organizations such as The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS - http://www.noetic.org/) have been conducting and sponsoring leading-edge research into the potentials and powers of consciousness to light the way to a new era in human development.
A new movie (… Continue
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ARTShift now on Twitter! twitter.com/artshift
Started by Luna Jade in SHIFTING Into Gear May 15.
Bring Joy to a Child & Mother this Mother's Day: Operation Smile
Started by Luna Jade in Giving May 7.
We have a new ARTShift Lending Group on Kiva - Join Us!
Started by Luna Jade in Giving Apr 15.
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Artists Foment Change--My Perspective...
Historically there has always been a strong connection between art and cultural paradigm shifts. The major evolutions and progressions in thought have always been accompanied by reflections of what can be, what should be, what is right and what is wrong within all forms of art.
Artists have historically pushed the boundaries of societal norms and cultural mores. They have raised awareness of issues, crossed the lines of what is acceptable, in a constant search for what is possible, what is universally true and how mankind can and should be able to interact.
In that way artists have been revolutionaries, most often for positive change to create a better world. That is what ARTShift is about.
Not only have artists pushed those boundaries in their works, but art, in-and-of itself, brings people together without regard to education level, background, lineage, culture or any other delineator commonly used to put up walls and separate peoples and interests and cause friction and animosity. Next time you go to a museum, look around at the cross-section of humanity there to simply appreciate the fruits of human creativity. Next time you go to a concert, look around—it is amazing how art can bring the most diverse set of people together in a spirit of mutual appreciation where all can get along together.
These are the special gifts of artists—to push change for the better, to bring awareness to issues which divide us and overcome those issues through common appreciation of artistic work.
As a musician, I do not take my influence through my music lightly. I realize that with creative ability comes and awesome responsibility. I choose to accept that responsibility and use it to attempt to create a better world.
All this is only the tip of the iceberg. It takes the viewpoints, ideas, works, thoughts and spirit of many to create a powerful, unified, yet diverse vision for creating positive change in the world. That’s why we need your input. We want to hear what you think and feel…join us.
Mike Tucci
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