Ep 13: Building a Culture of Care w/Claire Boyles

Today, Hafiz’s poem opens my talk with Claire Boyles, Colorado-based fiction writer and Hallmark screenwriter, with the idea of care – caring for ourselves, each other, and our planet. And I’ll tell ya: it’s not all high vibes and butterflies. It’s a conversation that takes unexpected turns from taking an honest look at our relationship with the earth to looking at how art functions and reflects the current world we live in. What is the responsibility of art? What is our responsibility to ourselves, our families, our wider world? What does this pandemic mean for our lives, for our society? In the end, it’s a matter of understanding that we can hold both – grief AND hope. Dark AND light. // Hafiz’s poem “Who Will Feed My Cat?”, Wendell Berry’s poem “The Peace of Wild Things” // Resources to help: Feeding America: https://www.feedingahc.org/ and Red Cross Blood Donation: https://www.redcrossblood.org/ // Sign up for my free class that will create energy and resilience for your highly sensitive self! It’s happening this Satuday, April 25th @ 4pm! https://suryagian.com/strong-and-resilient-empaths // Want to send feedback? I’d love to hear from you! Email me: leslieann@suryagian.com