Art Is Fear
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Philippa Hughes
Creating space for conversations to transform society. Exploring what it means to be American. Recovering lawyer, public speaker, art fanatic philippahughes.com
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Eclipse Chaser
For a brief moment, I considered canceling my trip to see the eclipse last week. We’d booked a flight to Texas almost a year ago because…
Art is the central organizing force of my life
“Get the Picture” is a new book that’s being touted as a takedown of the Art World and sure there’s a little of that in this funny…
Cultivating the aesthetic mindset
Research-based civic engagement plus good old common sense conversations
Searching for the truth about yourself
I was sobbing by the end of “How to be a Korean Woman,” a play written and performed by Sun Mee Chomet about her search for and reunion…
Happy New Year!
My friend Ken helped me write a mission statement and five guiding values over a decade ago that helped steer me away from directionless…
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Rainbows and Unicorns in Paris
Loving Paris is so unoriginal.
Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite
Alarming reports of a bed bug infestation filled my social media feeds in the weeks before I flew to Paris for my birthday in mid-October…
Watch the world go by
Parisians are known for café life, but that doesn’t mean they serve great coffee. Paris café coffee is often bland and does not originate…
Magical birthday encounter
When we walked up to the ticket desk at the Picasso Museum in Paris, the attendant warned us that there were no paintings by Picasso on…
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