NYC, Philadelphia (2), San Antonio- City photos by the author, Laelia Watt The Allentown, PA Symphony Orchestra was performing Ralph Vaughn William’s cantata, Dona Nobis Pacem, when I recalled my first impression of war. The piece was written between WWI and WWII as a plea for peace and using lyrics pulled from scripture, Walt Whitman’sContinueContinue reading “Eyeless Buildings and Soulless Bodies”
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Five Books that Promote Empathy
One of the many reasons I love creative nonfiction and chose to create this brand with creative nonfiction essays at the core of it, is because hearing stories of other people’s worldview and experiences widens the reader’s worldview too. It is easy to paint an entire group of people with a wide brush and dismissContinueContinue reading “Five Books that Promote Empathy”
FRAGILE HUMAN 