" In this life we cannot do
Great things. We can only do small things with great love."

Mother Teresa

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Resiliency


It is with great sadness that I learned of Eve Ensler’s cancer, but I have great faith in her resiliency. Eve is an extraordinary woman who will continue to be a force of compassionate action for women all over the world. We are all better off from her years of selfless work and she continues to motivate me to try and heal the suffering of so many women the best way I know how. ..as an artist.

I would like to reach out to all women and encourage you to share the wisdom in your hearts. Traveling Postcards is offering you an opportunity to make a difference in the world by simply expressing your hard earned knowledge in a card. Your life experiences matter. We are working towards gathering your voices…all of them! We want to exhibit your thoughts and your wisdom in a collective showing of creative strength. All Traveling Postcards that are received will be archived and placed on our website.

Over the next several years we will be traveling and exhibiting your work so that everyone can see what we know to be true and powerful…our collective wisdom as women. Please make a card either individually or with a favorite group of friends and send them to me. I will care for them all.

I will keep you updated on the changes and growing movement of Traveling Postcards and I encourage you to contact me with your ideas , your experiences and the wisdom in your heart. Thank you

For those of you who want more insights from Eve Ensler please click on this link. The Guardian


Friday, May 7, 2010

Gratitude


Traveling Postcards has the profound pleasure to announce that within the last several months, we have received over 100 new cards! These handmade cards will travel to the women and girls who will be living in the City of Joy in Bukavu. It is with so much gratitude that I have received each and every card and it is with that same love, compassion and commitment to healing that these cards will be received.

I have word that the City of Joy will open either late this year or early 2011. Until then, I will gladly continue to accept cards for the women in Congo. It is my hope that by connecting to our sisters all over the world through creative action, we have connected from our hearts and our actions will ease suffering. What is the most loving thing we can do right now? Take care of yourself, slow down, build deeper relationships with those you love, and find a way to open your heart.

Traveling Postcards and the commitment to bringing awareness and healing to women whose life experiences demand humanitarian action will create a new chapter in creative action beginning in June! Stay tuned and as usual I welcome new ideas and new destinations for creative healing. In the meantime look to the to the website for continuous postings of the new and beautiful artwork that is streaming in! Please add your voice!

With gratitude…

Friday, April 23, 2010

Join Us!


Over the last several months Traveling Postcards has been collecting postcards to bring to the newly built City of Joy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We have had the good fortune to meet Eve Ensler and her wonderful team at V-DAY. Her effort to bring healing and dignity back to the women and girls of the DRC is extraordinary.

"The City of Joy will act as a refuge for healed women survivors of rape and torture who have been left without family and community. It will provide educational and income-generating opportunities, and support women in becoming the next leaders of the DRC.” Eve Ensler

Join me in building a collection of cards for the resilient women and girls being served in this community. Traveling Postcards will inspire them to heal and feel connected to the global community of women who care for them. This is your opportunity to share your wisdom and help to make a difference in someone
else's life.

Traveling Postcards will be in Emeryville, CA this Saturday, April 24th. We have teamed up with a wonderful photograp
hic non profit called FOTOVISION . Come out and support our efforts, enjoy your creativity, eat and drink and listen to some wonderful Congolese music!
travelingpostcards
fotovision
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Time:
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
5515 Doyle Street, Emeryville, CA