Be Your Own Spotlight: Seeing Courage, Growth, and Quiet Brilliance Through Young Eyes
IAMA presents Be Your Own Spotlight by Yen’s Art Studio Walking into Be Your Own Spotlight, presented by Yen’s Art Studio, at IAMA (The international Art Museum of America), I didn’t feel like I was entering a typical student art exhibition. Instead, it felt more like stepping into 150 honest conversations—each one visual, brave, and deeply personal.…
Pilgrimage to Bhutan (Part 2): Over the Dochu La into the Valley of the Cranes
By Gongjue Tuji With many impressions from Thimphu and a feeling of gratitude, we continued our pilgrimage. Before leaving the busy capital behind for good to drive deeper into the mountains, however, we spent another day in its surroundings. After all, Bhutan is not only defined by its holy temples and deeply rooted Buddhism. The…
4 Unexpected Lessons on Peace from a Monk
That Challenge Everything We Think We Know From Chatham Journal Newspaper January 24th 2026 Siler City, NC – On Wednesday evening the “Walk for Peace” monks stopped for the day at Jordan-Matthews High School. This was an opportunity for one of the monks to speak to the crowd gathered at the football here. Below is…
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Peace LiLy 