by Brian Fairley | Jun 1, 2011 | The Public Humanist
It’s one of the first nice days in April, and I find myself in a familiar place: walking with Stacy Klein through the grounds of a former dairy farm in Ashfield, lingering by a stream or pointing out features of the landscape – picturing to ourselves herds...
by Jacquinn Williams | Jun 3, 2011 | The Public Humanist
Franklin Park—the jewel of Boston’s Emerald Necklace—has a storied past. Spanning over 120 years and 500 acres, this historic landmark was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in the late 1880s. It is the place where the Duke Ellington orchestra’s...
by Larry Hott | Jun 13, 2011 | The Public Humanist
I was excited when I got off the train at the Park Street T stop in Boston. I was meeting Margaret for the first time. She had promised me a thrill in the park and I was more than a little curious. I had told her to look for a little bald man. She told me to look for...
by Claudia Lefko | Jun 16, 2011 | The Public Humanist
A child has a view the moment she or he enters the world, and, as the British art and cultural critic Jon Berger points out: Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak. But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before...
by Laura Thompson | Jun 20, 2011 | The Public Humanist
The Mural Project’s “How Will They Know Us?” project raises more questions than provides us with answers about American and Iraqi children living during quite tumultuous times. The children were given the explanation that people on the “other...
