Aloïse Corbaz, “Materdolorosa” (1922), graphite, ink, and colored pencil on card stock, 3.7 x 5.6 inches (photo by Sarah Baehler, Atelier de numérisation, Ville de Lausanne, courtesy Collection de ...

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Assistant Teaching Professor of Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, University of California, Merced Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text ...

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On the short list of places known for creating the world's oldest writing systems, Africa doesn't often make the cut. But for thousands of years, people across the continent have made and used a rich ...

One of the most popular posts I’ve written for my Psychology Today blog, Soul Console, is “How to Make Writing a Sacred Practice With ‘Scriptio Divina.’” Scriptio divina is a modern twist on an ...

In the dusty city states of ancient Mesopotamia, long before the advent of written language, mysterious symbols etched into stone cylinders told stories of trade, ownership, and governance. Today, ...