Creative expression is one of the most powerful ways young people make sense of themselves and the world around them. At a time when LGBTQ+ youth are navigating increasing hostility and isolation, FPP is providing affirming creative spaces and meaningful mentorship that strengthens their resilience and sense of possibility.
Lying in my bed, I listened to what sounded like a woman screaming outside in the dark. I picked up my pen. A month of living in this Icelandic village and I was still unaccustomed to the impenetrable January gloom and the ferocity of the wind; its propensity to sound sentient. I had started to feel like the island was trying to tell me something, had a story it wanted me to write.
The origin of the word "identity" comes from the Latin identitas and suggests "sameness with others," that is, our identity is both an individual self-concept and a collective one. Identity forms early in life and is fluid, evolving, and contextual. This is my hand, my foot, my voice, my dream, but I am also a we. I identify with an ethnicity, a gender or non-binary, a nationality, politics, class, occupation, and sexual identity.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center took part in a study to find out if cancer patients would respond to music therapy. Members on the medical team were surprised to find out that it was just as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy or talk therapy. The Melody Study paired patients up with music therapists for a seven-week trial that involved activities that span from passive (listening to music) to active (creating music themselves).
Improvisation as a musical practice transcends mechanical routines, emphasizing coherence in musical articulations over mere recall of scales or fixed phrases, which leads to true artistic expression.
TOMBOGO's original PocketCam was never about megapixels or cutting-edge optics. Instead, it leaned into lo-fi charm and visual storytelling with 25 built-in filters and just enough video capability to make content creation feel effortless.
When I was little, I was in the hospital a lot. And the only thing I remember, since I was in and out, was going to the art room there. For me, it was my anchor. No one could take it away from me because it was something of my own.
