In May, we always look forward to one of our favorite traditions in Providence, Rhode Island where a group of people gather together for the main purpose of sharing stories. While this may not seem like a cause for assembling hundreds of people for a conference, the leaders at PeaceLove believe in the healing power…
This holiday season, Flawless Foundation has so much to be thankful for. At the top of our list is a “thoughtful collaboration” with Founder and CEO of ArtSugar, Alix Greenberg. Alix has designed fifty limited-edition prints based on our logo, the peacock. 50% of the proceeds go directly to support our work. “The therapeutic capabilities art has on…
“Today I choose happiness; I’ve made it my choice.” – Latonia Francois, Let’s Write Life Last week, we attended one of our favorite events of the year, PeaceLove’s Peace of Mind Storytellers event in Rhode Island. It’s a celebration of creativity, perseverance, and the uniqueness of every individual, with speakers sharing their personal stories of…
Last week I wrote a blog about suicide prevention month that included the story of Tara Dixon, an artist who just lost a dear friend to suicide. As I was writing and immersed in all things about suicide prevention, I was struck by the many innovative arts initiatives that were running through my social media…
Our core message at the Flawless Foundation is “Seeing the perfection in every person.” Of course, this means different things to people. For some it means forgiveness and compassion. For others, it means a true open-mindedness about people and understanding of what they think, feel and experience in their lives. For me it means many…
They say that Fairbanks, Alaska is “The Golden Heart City,” Millinocket, Maine is “The Magic City,” and Pennsylvania is home to both “The Friendly City” (Johnstown) and “The Sweetest Place on Earth” (Hershey), as well as “The Gem City” (Eerie, PA). But… …if you ask me, Portland currently takes the cake on all of these…
I know it might seem curious to read “end of summer bounty” on October 26th but we have truly been celebrating the bounty of summer in our gardens at Flawless. The weather has been intermittently summer like and just this weekend, my son and I went to a farm to pick pumpkins and picked so…
We launched our Garden of Miracles this week – it was a dream. We started with a class of 8 – 11 year old boys who are quite active and to watch them interacting, planning, gardening together with such calm and peace was AMAZING. The teachers were awe struck at the change in the students…