A young woman quietly approached the volunteer tent at The Scarlet Cord installation. When our eyes met, she asked, “What inspired you to create The Scarlet Cord?” I recounted to her how at nineteen I traveled to Europe. One of the stops on our tour was the Red Light Windows of Amsterdam. This was my…
Saturday night a woman returned to The Scarlet Cord asking for another red string bracelet because she lost the first one. As I tied another string around her wrist, she asked for a hug. I had a nanosecond to decide if I was going to extend kindness to the intoxicated woman. Although the toxic effects…
Jessica Rowland of Women at Risk International and Pamela were interviewed on WOOD TV 8’s eight West this morning about ArtPrize and child trafficking in West Michigan. Upcoming events and opportunities for people to make a difference were discussed and that information is also available on the WOOD TV 8 page.
Since ArtPrize, I have been diligently searching for an amazing location for my ArtPrize Wing and a Prayer installation. A friend suggested that I check with D.A. Blodgett – St John’s Home, a place for troubled youth, to see if they had any interest. The morning before meeting the director, I spoke to an eleven-year-old…
At ArtPrize, a young teenager said, “My brother has autism. He’s brilliant but he flaps his hands. Grown adults call him ‘retard.’ Thank you for getting it. Thank you for understanding.” Then she left crying. “This exhibit is my son,” said an attractive mom. “He loves origami. That’s all he does. I could hear his…
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