by Elisa Stancil | May 23, 2020 | How to Be Human
We are in the earliest days of this sea change. Losing heart now is not an option. Yesterday a package arrived from China, elastic I sourced from Etsy months ago. Upon opening the package thirty-one individually sealed, single use surgical masks cascaded out, along...
by Elisa Stancil | Apr 25, 2020 | Fear Not
This striking image from a modern tarot deck is the Strength Card. A vulnerable woman grips the handle of a powerful scythe. Delicate flowering branches quietly shelter her as she ponders her next step. She seems to bow to the challenges she faces, channeling deep...
by Elisa Stancil | Apr 13, 2020 | Color Stories
For thousands of years color has been used to elevate mood, to heal, to delight, and to calm. In ancient Egypt the God Thoth was credited as the founder of the art of “healing with color”. In ancient Greek mythology, Hermes ruled healing with color, as well as...
by Elisa Stancil | Mar 12, 2020 | How to Be Human
In the Quai Branly museum in Paris a few years ago this clay totem captured my attention. And now, during isolation, I wonder again at his markings. Are the bands across his eyes a symbol of energy, or of knowing, or of wonder? Maybe worry. He peers out at our modern...
by Elisa Stancil | Mar 12, 2020 | Color Stories
In 1968 I was eighteen when my son, James, was born. A complication caused a severe bleeding disorder and in the hours that followed I floated off into the wild blue yonder, dissolved into the vibration of color and sound, a delight beyond my power to explain. Each...
