"Sometimes we do a mindfulness exercise. He puts on a tape of this expert in minfulness that he knows, who teaches in the city"....

Hey... isn't BelleRuth Naperstak from your city? Is that the tape you work with?

"for example, if I do art, I don't paint a bowl of fruit-- or if I write a poem, it is not about a political issue-- everything that I create comes from within and I use it as a medium to allow my unconscious to speak. "

Same here.... i try to let things come about that will aid in healing.