Timeless Elements (c) Steven Blaine Adams
photo: Helen Witkins
Pantheon: a journal of spiritual art
Maintained by Life Force Arts Center, whose mission is to connect art with spirit
A Woman’s Strength: An Interview With Artist and Poet Vivian Gutierrez
At a very young age, Vivian Gutierrez found herself fascinated with poetry, and different art expressions. Her inclination toward the subject of spirituality and respect for women’s strength has always been her main subject and theme. Her preference for this subject...
The Language of Music: Tatiana Chaika
by Liz Baudler When Tatiana Chaika was a child in Southwestern Sibera, her parents thought she should learn piano. In two years, she had eight teachers, and a ton of frustration. So when she came to American many years later and someone suggested she attend a Native...
Healing With Art and Animals in the Chicago Public Schools
by Karlene Mostek The incredible story of the universe and its evolutionary process through billions of years in galaxies, solar systems and earth is a fundamental interest in my art. We know now that earth itself and all beings on it evolved from the dying supernovas...
Autism, Animals, and Making Sense Out of Senselessness
by Kat Kidwell A photo shows four-year-old me in pink overalls staring out through the bars of a puppy pen, my fingers pawing at the wires with a big grin. Everyone thought it was cute. I’d just known I’d love the feel of getting trapped in a tiny cage with other...
The Sparkling Wine of Conversation: Andrew Harvey and Ruby Sara
by Liz Baudler and Hannah Nelson Having two writers in a room may or may not lead to a brilliant conversation. But when said two writers describe themselves respectively as an “eco-anarcha-feminst” and a “bipolar ecstatic”, you know you’re in for a memorable evening....
Listening to More Than Music: Kat Kidwell and Jason Gremley
by Liz Baudler You have to wonder what two extraordinarily multitalented people like Kat Kidwell and Jason Gremley are doing making music. It’s not that their sound isn’t inspiring—both Kat and Jason have performed at Life Force Arts Center before. It’s just that they...
Nature, The Best Artist: An Interview With Artist Judy Demchuk
Judy Demchuk is a Chicago area artist who has helped organize art exhibits at Life Force. Her usual medium is silk painting. This interview was conducted both in person and over email. Liz Baudler: I’m going to start off with an obvious question: how did you get into...
Analytical, Poetic Astrology: An Interview With Joe Polise
Joe Polise, C.A. NCGR-PAA, has been an active practitioner in astrology since 1990. He is vice president of Chicago's Friends of Astrology and Education Outreach Chair of Professional Astrologers' Alliance, and is LFAC's resident astrologer. Liz Baudler spoke to him...
The Channel and The Painter: Medium and Artist Sheryl Noday
by Liz Baudler Sheryl Noday’s (www.sherylnoday.com) voice always bubbles with enthusiasm, but should you be in the midst of receiving one of her professional services, hers is not the voice you will hear. As a channel for a group of star Beings called Siria Family,...
A Magical Mystery Tour: The Music of S.J Tucker
S.J Tucker is a musician whose latest album is Mischief. Phil Putnam writes of her, "Multi-instrumentalist, road warrior, front woman, songwriter and rallying point; yes, she is all of these things. More than most, though, more than anything, she is a storyteller. She...
