Welcome to Small Wonders: An Offering of Brilliant Playground!
I'm so glad you're here.
What is Small Wonders?
Here at Small Wonders, we are cultivating wonder and creativity in our lives through small acts of attention, shared inspiration, and communion with each other and the living world.
We seek to bring more art and soul, play and delight, inspiration and awe into our days. We also talk about the hard stuff and how to navigate it because that's part of living an artful, soulful life and finding genuine wonder. And we wonder about things, cultivating healthy curiosity and openness.
I currently publish once a week on Fridays (except if there’s extra special news), so as not to overwhelm you.
By becoming a paid subscriber, you help to ensure a world of art, beauty, magic, inspiration, and soul. You are also supporting my work in the world as an artist, teacher, and firekeeper. Thank you! I believe magical things will grow in your life.
Please know you can choose to stay here for free, but you will only see part of what is shared. Some of it is behind a paywall to allow for vulnerability, privacy of our collective sharing, and to protect my new creations. Rest assured that if you do become a paid subscriber—THANK YOU!—you can unsubscribe at any time.
Cultivating Wonder
To be in awe, delighted, moved, surprised in a good way, curious in an open-hearted way is part of our essential nature as humans. There is so much that is truly remarkable around us and within us, yet we often miss it, or it gets drowned out by the noise and challenges of the daily and mundane.
Cultivating wonder can be simple. It asks us to slow down, open up and lovingly tend to it. As we nourish it, our lives can feel more magical, rich, creative, and aligned.
A little encouragement, some weekly suggestions, and good company can help tremendously.
Subscribe to get full access to the newsletter, community space, and publication archives.
What You’ll Receive
As a paid subscriber, you’ll get access to…
Weekly Wonders—I share the amazing, astonishing, weird and wonderful things I come across, including books, music, movies, art, ideas, and remarkable moments, so you can have a well-spring of inspiration and wonder in your life.
Updates from the Wonder Factory featuring vulnerable sharing of my creative journey through life alongside my new creations—poems, essays, visual art, music, and dance—so you get tidbits of beauty and inspiration delivered to your inbox once a week. I unveil my creative process and reflections on living an artful, soulful life to keep you encouraged and curious on your own path.
Wonder Sparks—Simple prompts for you to play with to ignite creativity and wonder in your life.
Small Wonders Community Space —Share your own weekly wonders and get inspired, uplifted, and intrigued by others in our Community Space where we aim to gather a fabulous list of wonder-full things, such as books, movies, music, and more, to keep our hearts and souls well fed.
My love and deep gratitude that you are joining me on this wonder-filled exploration.
More goodies as I dream them up, including possibly live, online events.
Come subscribe to Small Wonders and nurture wonder in your life.
You can get all of this for as little as $7/month or $70/year ($5.83 per month, a 17% savings), or you can choose your own more generous annual donation.
You can also choose to continue on as a free subscriber for now. You’re very welcome here.
This newsletter is reader-supported. It’s a labor of love, but it is labor. To get the really juicy insider posts, access to our community space, and other goodies, upgrade to a paid subscription. You’ll be helping to foster more wonder and creativity in the world and you’ll be supporting what I do. Thank you!
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Thanks again, and please tell a few friends if you feel inspired.
With love and gratitude,
Maxima Kahn
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