Every child is an artist (Pablo Picasso).

In an era when the Arts are under attack in our schools, depriving young people of the opportunity to develop and nurture their creative wellspring—the very thing that will sustain them throughout their lives—it is a joy to be able to spread good words in poetry, pictures, and song.

ice on the water,

white sheets atop the blue deeps—

reflecting the sun

imagination—

like hot air balloons, slipping

bonds that tie me down

asleep together,

intertwined, we bind our souls

with each breath we take

impossible dream?

many might have thought so, but

you made it come true

more yesterdays now

than tomorrows, but it’s the

tomorrows that count

shoulder to shoulder,

a capella voices raised—

united in song

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves

at the same time (Thomas Merton).