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Therapeutic Potential of Lumonics

west wall of the Lumonics performance space (photo of Jennifer Hughes/303 Magazine)   Therapeutic Potential of Lumonics Through the years (over 5 decades now) people have commonly reported to Dorothy Tanner having profound spiritual and emotional experiences while contemplating the Lumonics art pieces. Some of these experiences have led to considerable symptom reduction in individuals with pre-established mood and …

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Those who came up in the ‘move fast and break things’ era are learning to slow down and make things: The Maker Movement

  A recent Washington Post article by Lisa Bonos, “They built the digital world. Now they just want to sew and make chairs,” focuses on new workshops that teach people how to work with their hands, and how gratifying the process is. Many attending are technology workers who sit in front of computer screens all …

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How to Think like Leonardo

  Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk, 1512Leonardo Da Vinci self-portrait at the age of 50(Biblioteca Reale, Turin)courtesy of LeonardoDaVinci.net     Mona Lisa (1503) by Leonardo Da Vinci(The Louvre) “One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.” “I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength …

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Our Visitor via the French Embassy

A recent visitor to Lumonics was Tatiana Vilela dos Santos, an artist who lives in Paris, who was taking a workshop in San Francisco. The French Embassy, based in San Francisco, asked her to visit Denver, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale and take photos of some of the art spaces. In Denver, she visited …

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