Touchstone: Experience a Colors In Motion moment:
NO MATTER
The fact of the matter, is...
there is no matter!
In fact, an effect
of our on-again, off-again world
makes it appear as if I were here,
speaking to you as if we were two.

And indeed, it appears, that between our four ears,
there is really only one I,
that we each are a part of, yet linked at the heart of
the Ineffable... and who's to say, why?

  
 
 
But through this complex and hypnotic illusion
we've steeped ourselves deeply in convincing confusion
so the Truth remains hidden though plainly in sight
as if we'd forbidden ourselves to feel right
about being uniquely both one and the same
we each are the other just with a new name!

© 2011 Jeff Volk
www.cymaticsource.com

 
Where in the world is Colors In Motion? Colors In Motion is a reverent, serene, and unconditionally loving citizen of the world...dedicated to bringing beauty and centered calm to our busy lives.
 
 As our Global Citizens face circumstances most stressful, may each of us find a deep place of inner acceptance, while moving into appropriate actions. Let us help to give form to the strength, peace and grace that arise from being centered in our Universal Spirit.
 
 Visit the RISD blog of Becky Fong, a 2005 graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Becky is traveling across the US, Europe and Asia, collaborating with RISD's Alumni Relations department to talk with RISD alums and find out more about what they are doing. When Becky met Linda DeHart (RISD '61) in March at RISD/Boston After Work, she was inspired to share, and share she did! Click here to read Becky's blog.
 
Honored again: Josh Hummel, our Colors In Motion composer, is back in the spotlight. The Yale Concert Band performed Josh's Haiku Symphony No. 4, as part of Ask the Sky and the Earth: A Cantata for the Sent-down Youth, in New Haven CT on February 11 and in New York's Carnegie Hall on February 26. Haiku Symphony No. 4 received the Frederick Fennell Prize in November, 2010, for concert band works and will be performed in March at the University of Washington in Seattle, during the conference of the College Band Directors National Association. On the horizon, Josh has been commissioned by The No Boarders Quartet, the New England Girls Choir and the University "Jurja Dobrile" in Pula, Croatia to compose a bayan quintet.
 
California Here We Come! Look for Colors In Motion exhibiting in San Francisco at the April international conference of The Society for the Arts in Healthcare. Learn more at thesah.org.
 
Your Comments on Breath of Time
Thank you to all who sent us comments on our February issue of TOUCHSTONE, Breath of Time.

    Recently, I wrote a blog post about urban art projects that encourage people to slow down and be contemplative or quiet while working or commuting. http://katfriedrich.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/creating-silence-in-urban-spaces/
      - K.F., Science Writer
     
    What a beautiful, flowing collage! Just when I was feeling rather blue, your TOUCHSTONE arrives and lifts my spirits. Thank you for sharing this with me! I will definitely pass it along to friends and to the office manager at Cambridge Health Associates because I still love the idea of having your beautiful art on display where I work.
      - D.B-D., Certified Rolfer
     
    I just wanted to congratulate you for developing an art form that is both beautiful and healing.
      - P.G., Arts Festival Program Director
     
    I deeply appreciate this wonderful piece which helped me to unwind after a difficult day.
      - S.G., LICSW
     
    This program is so beautiful and peaceful. I have forwarded the site to our staff who curate the art in our hospital system.
      - J.H., Hospital Administrator
     
    Fantastic - I am so grateful for the Spirit within you that does not quit, does not get discouraged, or does not stop even if you are discouraged. Bless you for blessing all of us with inspiration.
      - S.C., Intiutive, Actress, Author