Rob's Blog

An Earth Day Message – Take Heart from the Abolition Movement
Bill Bigelow encourages environmental advocates to be emboldened by the abolition movement of the 1800’s. Despite the odds, they persisted and achieved their goal.

Exuberant Whales and Frantic Turtles
My son and his wife live in Mexico. Gail and I hadn’t seen them in a long time and had never been to the town

The Backward Dancing Man
Artist Robert Shetterly reflects on Loren Eisley, native wisdom and the climate crisis.

What Would Clyde Do? Why I Painted Clyde Kennard
Chances are you haven’t heard of Clyde Kennard, an unsung hero and martyr of the Civil Rights Movement, a man of great wisdom, compassion, gentleness,

This App Is So Cool!
Artist Robert Shetterly muses on the difference between cool photo apps and art.

AWTT Focusing on Narrative Activism
The job of AWTT is to tell people, especially young people, true stories, stories that allow them to act forjustice, stories that give them permission

Seeking the Balance: Individual vs. Community
On a recent trip to the Canadian Maritimes, I was struck by the awareness of “others” that I witnessed. It was not the typical “let

Meditations While Painting Edward Snowden
Artist Robert Shetterly shares his thoughts while painting the whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Edward Snowden: The Asymmetry of Courage
One of the ironies of warfare is that an apparently vastly superior force can be defeated by an apparently much weaker one when the weaker