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Kaeti MacNeil has been taking qigong at STQI since last year and it's inspired her art. ---- Kaeti's art project is named 'Carasoul' and is now on display at 49 McCaul Street until Sunday. Visiting hours are: Friday, May 13, 2022 from 12pm to 8pm Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 12pm to 5pm Sunday, May 15, 2022 from 12pm to 5pm ----An excerpt from her art project description: Carasoul: a Portrait in Nth Dimensions is an animated surrealist 4K film. The film depicts temporal, immaterial sensations and perceptions as spatially material extensions of the body. This... [more]

Photo by Lukasz Duszak on Unsplash When I was 32 years old, I was filled with crippling self-doubt. I had no reason for feeling this way. Sure, I had been bullied in high school, but that was well over a decade ago. Still, I would go home every day ruminating about how I was unworthy of my blessings in life. Every night, I would lie in bed mouthing prophecies about how my girlfriend would leave me. When my relationship did end, I quickly decided I had to change something in my life. I told myself — somewhat naively — I n... [more]