My Fairy-Tale Life, by Steven Boone

 Five years ago, my wife Amy and I made a big life change—we moved to a village in southern Mexico on the outskirts of Oaxaca. We are both a...

On Sundays we offer free art sessions including materials and refreshments to our neighbor children in San Pedro Ixtlahuaca, Mexico. The pro...

It hurt. Children we host at our home outside Oaxaca, Mexico, on Sundays for art lessons stole two keys from our door locks. We don’t know f...

As the saying goes, “the cup runneth over.” When children arrive to our home on Sundays for art projects it is high energy in our otherwise ...

Child of Oaxaca, oil on canvas, 80x100 cm Since moving to Mexico, Amy and I share a studio and make our art side by side. It is a happy arra...

Last night as I was meditating before bed, something unusual happened. I am in Denver, Colorado for an art show. My hotel is quite comfor...

Occasionally I make an acquaintance and they ask me, “How many children do you have?” I always answer two, although only on...

Today, instead of writing much, I am sharing a picture. I took the photo at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, in Berlin, Ger...

Ah, to be innocent and full of wonder. Here are two quotes that can help us be free of prejudice: “Whoever undertakes to set himself up as...

I imagine I know what a prisoner feels like when he is released from confinement and walks out into the big, bright planet as a free person....