Minnesota | A Peace of My Mind

Tania Aubid

July 28, 2021 by johnnoltner

Tania Aubid is an Anishinaabe woman involved in the Water Protector movement resisting the Line 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota. “You know, they wanted their pristine lands, and then they pushed us all into the swamps. And now that the swamps have resources for them to exploit, they want to push us out over here too. Through the logging companies, through the pipelines, through the mining. Any which way that they can be able to exploit any type of resources […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: a peace of my mind, Anishinaabe, ceremony, environment, indigenous, Minnesota, Mississippi River, pipeline, protest, resources, Tania Aubid, water, water protectors

Leah Prussia

July 13, 2018 by johnnoltner

Leah Prussia grew up in a primarily German-Norwegian family, but as an adult, she embraced her Anishinaabe heritage, as well. Leah holds a master’s degree in social work and works as a college instructor and clinical social worker. She has struggled with depression for much of her life. When she finally found the right combination of therapy, medication, and spiritual practice, she says, “it was like seeing color for the first time.” “When I’m not healthy, how can I be […]

Categories: Podcast • Tags: depression, heal, healing, identity, lonlieness, mental illness, Minnesota, spirituality, sturggle, therapy

Deanna Thompson

April 2, 2018 by johnnoltner

Deanna Thompson was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer at age 42 that had metastasized to her bones. The doctors told her she had fewer than five years, but when I interviewed her, it was more than six years after her diagnosis. She lives in St. Paul with her husband and two daughters and teaches religion at Hamline University. “Initially, I thought I was on sabbatical to get ready to die. Then it became clear that I wasn’t dying right […]

Categories: Podcast • Tags: cancer, community, grace, gratitude, illness, Minnesota, relationship, Saint Paul, St. Paul

Young Voices

November 1, 2016 by johnnoltner

For the past four years I have worked with 5th graders at FAIR School in Crystal as artist in residence for their Perspectives Program. Each fall we install the exhibit, do a presentation for all 85 students and then over several days, I visit each classroom and work with students to explore their own thoughts about peace. They write their ideas in peace journals which we eventually pass on to a crew of artists from Stages Theater who craft the […]

Categories: Blog • Tags: crystal, fair, listen, Minnesota, peace, stories, theater, voices, writing, youth

Kelly Connole

April 14, 2016 by johnnoltner

“A number of years ago I was teaching a seminary course called “Pottery and Proclamation.” One woman had recently lost her partner to cancer and was mourning the loss of someone incredibly important to her.As she learned how to make pots, she decided it would be powerful for her to make a pot to hold her partner’s ashes. There is an understanding in Native American cultures that you’re making pots out of your ancestors. We all become part of the earth, so when that earth is used to make […]

Categories: Podcast • Tags: a peace of my mind, art, black and white, Carleton College, Empty Bowls, Minnesota, Northern Clay Center, Northfiled, peace, photography, portrait, pottery, stories

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A Peace of My Mind

Building community and bridging divides through portraits and personal stories.

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Tania Aubid

Leah Prussia

Deanna Thompson

Young Voices

Kelly Connole