No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Dr. Richard Davidson toured the Trout Museum of Art on Tuesday, drinking in the spectacle of row upon row of 6-by-6-inch panels —more than 10,000 of them.
All had been contributed by Appleton school children for the Compassion Project, and on those tiles were the students' drawings and paintings of what compassion means to them.
"Seeing these all together has a certain power in the aggregate," the neuroscientist, famous for his cutting-edge research on the effects of compassion, said as he scanned the mosaic-like exhibit.
"It's very deeply moving to me. I just sat and paused and reflected that every single child of school age in Appleton took time to consider the importance of compassion and express it artistically.
“Through art, participants were able to express positive feelings, externalize difficult emotions and gain insight into their PTSD symptoms,” Miller said.
“Artmaking fostered discussion and allowed veterans to show empathy for one another.”..
Group interaction was a major benefit of the study. “Through the process of creating and discussing art with peers, participants were able to open up and express important thoughts and emotions in an atmosphere of mutual support,” Miller said, noting groups appeared to be especially helpful in tackling issues of avoidance: loss of interest in pleasurable activities, feelings of detachment and a foreshortened sense of the future.
Dr. Gelo is the behavioral science coordinator for the Family Medicine residency program and the recipient of funding to establish a curriculum around religion, spirituality and medicine.
“The Appleton Compassion Project” is a community art project involving 10,436 Appleton Area School District K-12 art students. In Fall 2010, participating students received a 6-inch-by-6-inch art panel to draw or paint their idea of compassion.
Picture Number 8979 Catherine Backer
Compassion: A Domino Effect Compassion is selflessly putting forth your help and feelings toward another. In a world of grey, infiltrated by commercialism, money, and conflict, compassion offers illuminating color. Shining through the dull shell of the world, compassion brings us back to the way the world used to be: pure, simple and genuine.
Each act of compassion makes a difference. Whether it be planting a tree, adopting a homeless pet or helping a person in need, one act of compassion inspires another. The last domino to fall is the world. We can change the world one act of compassion at a time.
Commissioned by the U.S. Army War College, Class of 1996. Not a shot was fired for over 90 minutes when Sergeant Richard Rowland Kirkland leapt the wall at Marye's Heights at Fredricksburg, VA to provide a moment of relief from the savagery of war to his fallen enemies.
Both Buddhism and Christianity teach us that we must take distance from the ego and to feel compassion with other humans. But isn’t there a conflict between these two teachings since suffering comes from the ego and compassion is to feel with the pain of others? In other words how can you feel compassion without being dragged in to the games of the ego?
I love this text but I haven't go a thing to add. I suppose you're right, compassion is a sublte combination of our own story and pains and the fact that we can't live without seing the others.
Do you have a philosophy of why you think film criticism is important?
Film criticism is important because films are important. If films weren't important film criticism wouldn't matter so much. They are the art form of the 20th century. They are the most serious of the mass arts... They affect the way people think and feel and behave.
They can be both a good influence on society and a negative influence, to the degree that they glorify, mindlessness and short attention spans, I think they are bad.
To the degree that they encourage EMPATHY with people not like ourselves, and encourage us to think about life and issues, they can be good.
“I Remember Better When I Paint”, narrated by Olivia de Havilland, is the first international documentary about the positive impact of art and other creative therapies on people with Alzheimer’s and how these approaches can change the way we look at the disease.
More than 10,000 Appleton art students are sharing their individual ideas of what compassion means through the Appleton Compassion Project, a wide-ranging initiative that aims to spur discussion in the community about compassion, encourage students to embrace compassion in their daily lives and possibly become a springboard for a first-of-its-kind classroom curriculum on teaching about compassion.
It's a massive undertaking by the Appleton Area School District, the Trout Museum of Art and the Appleton Education Foundation that's been in the works for more than a year and will be unveiled to the public beginning today. [includes video of the setup in the art gallery]
If you had a blank canvas in front of you, how would you paint the word "compassion"? In this project, students have become the teachers. Here's something to think about: If you had a blank canvas in front of you, how would you paint the word "compassion"?
In Appleton, more than 10,000 students have taken on that task, and their work will soon be featured at the Trout Museum of Art.
"We suggested to challenge our students and teachers in the community to visualize compassion and figure out what compassion might look like," museum executive director Tim Riley said.
Empathy is like a cornucopia. For me, each person is a cornucopia of rich; experiences, thoughts, insights, emotions and feelings.
With empathy, I can experience, share, reflect and learn those qualities. In a Culture of Empathy, we all share each others cornucopia and wonderful bounty of the spirit.
Without empathy, life would be impoverished. Drawing by Edwin Rutsch
Empathy is when you wince for the animal on the side of the road, and stop to feel the fading warmth.
Empathy is when you pick the fruit and wonder what the branch felt, to give away so quickly what had been growing there.
Empathy is when you feel someone else's tears leave your eyes, and you realize that the same river is running underneath all our faces, towards an ocean that has no name.
As an empath and a poet, I love this- because it is also true. We are all connected, and when we hurt another we hurt ourselves. What we do to others, it gives them permission to do the same to us.
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