July? Feels Like August

We are in a time once again
where our need for the arts is growing more and more apparent.
Controversy and anger and fear seem to swirl
around us these days in large supply.
This has happened plenty of times in our history.
We have needed and sought the healing and teaching power
of the arts for a long time, perhaps forever.” 
Robert Lynch,
President and CEO, Americans For The Arts
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In keeping with the links on my last post about the benefits of funding the arts in schools, the above quote suggests another purpose of the arts--healing and public health.

The Mental Health Benefits of Art Are for Everyone 

The Connections Between Art, Healing, and Public Health

I loved Rachel's comment:  Still, spreading the idea of creativity around the world in a subversive, extra-curricula fashion is good too....

Of course, I assume mail art qualifies.  Certainly extra-curricula and sometimes subversive.

Incoming

Jacque re-purposed some things on my last letter to her.  :)

Outgoing

to the grands

I am catching up on my correspondence, one day at a time.  

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We are just hoping the heat wave ends

and that there will be rain.

There is a possibility in the forecast,

and I'd gladly give up fireworks for rain.