Small Wonders: An Offering of Brilliant Playground

It's Time to Tell a New Story and Create a More Loving, Just, Sustainable World

On the power of the stories we tell and images we create, the need for new and ancient stories, and the choice to shift our view in any moment

Nov 7 • 

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October 2025

Autumn's Balm for the Weary Soul

On the healing nature offers, honoring our inner rhythms and the seasonal cycles, rest as holy work, the promise of awakening, and art as playful…

Oct 31 • 

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The Profound Benefits of Letting Go: Healing, Grace, Trust, and Ease

On letting go of shoulds and striving, radical self-acceptance, and listening to the wisdom of body and soul

Oct 24 • 

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What the Flowers Know: Wise Teachers, Healers, and Friends Are Growing All Around Us

On the extraordinary gifts of flowers to support healing, soul growth, and joy. Plus, some other goodies.

Oct 18 • 

Maxima Kahn

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Autumn Wonders

A small menu of bittersweet delights

Oct 10 • 

Maxima Kahn

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When the Bitter Outweighs the Sweet

On making space for difficult emotions, Susan Cain's Bittersweet, the puzzle of mortality, the gift of rain, and approaching art as a series of…

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

Revelations in the Aftermath of the Storm

On endings and beginnings, soul longings, and the power of everyday people to heal the world

Sep 26 • 

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Between the Eclipse and Illness: Fragments and Flowers

On major shake-ups, the eclipse window, feeling awful and a practice to return to well-being, rediscovering Rilke, my latest art book, and more

Sep 20 • 

Maxima Kahn

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Instructions for Loving Your Life

On how to create the conditions for creativity to blossom, how to create a life you love, the wonders of printing with string, plus clouds and other…

Sep 13 • 

Maxima Kahn

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Let Your Body Lead: Revitalizing Your Life and Art with Embodied Creativity

On cultivating flow states, silencing the inner critic, accessing inspiration, and rekindling wonder in your art and daily activities

Sep 5 • 

Maxima Kahn

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August 2025

Reaching for Greatness and Falling Short: The Bewildering Task of the Artist

On why we need mediocre art, how to survive this brutal world, what to do when the well runs dry, and keeping it simple. Plus, some inspiration for you…

Aug 31 • 

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Interactive Art and Why I Don't Like Wonder Woman

On pop-up art books, how Wonder Woman could become my hero, and the playful art of Alexander Calder

Aug 23 • 

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