Living With Intent: A Workshop Series

The notion of “being green" has taken off in the public awareness. Ways to shop green, live green or work green, are all over the Internet, on television and written about in magazines and books. You name it, someone’s telling you how to green it!

 However, this often amounts to a hodgepodge of tips and ideas to choose from. At best, this can be a haphazard approach to lifestyle change…one that may be difficult to maintain over time, or which may not have lasting impact.

If you're wondering why you should even bother, check out this video:

Precious the Gift: A Short Film by Rene Sing Brooks

As in nature, a diverse system or community, where each member has the opportunity to contribute to its overall success, is one that is potentially more robust, vibrant and resilient.

Last year, I interviewed John Maney (Connections: An Interview With John Maney, Jr...) about the writing and poetry workshops he conducts. During those sessions, he creates a safe space for those who have often lacked the ability or opportunity to give voice to their experiences. In so doing. . .helping them to capture and share their diverse, but often marginalized, perspectives.

This desire and ability to include rather than exclude is indeed a precious gift artists share with us every day.

Therefore, I am very pleased and excited to present here, this brief film, an artistic collaboration between Queens micro-filmmaker Rene Sing and Bronx poet/writer John Maney, giving us an additional peek into John's creative process.

Enjoy!