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Cynthia Waldman

Cynthia Waldman is a writer and art lover living in the mountains of South-Central California. The wild canyon she calls home inspires her writing, as does her previous work as a software engineer on NASA space missions and as an elementary school teacher. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts and is the author of two children’s novels—The Butterfly Basket and Turning Gold. Website: cawaldmanbooks.com

Cynthia Waldman in Kosmos

Seeing Truth in Van Gogh


Van Gogh did not paint a mulberry tree, he painted the life force of the tree. He did not paint stars. He painted the turbulent energy of the cosmos.


Published in Volume 21 Issue 4

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The Village Way

Practices for Belonging in a Fragmented World

For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?

Join us for a 9-month inquiry into this question, exploring how we participate together in a time that calls us back to community, resilience, and shared life,

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