Performing Medicine

In 1991, Mary Rockwood Lane, a nurse friend, and I founded Arts in Medicine (AIM) at Shands Hospital, University of Florida’s (UF), a major North American teaching center. Our goal was to bring artists of every kind into the hospital’s wards and clinics, to offer their myriad arts and crafts to patients and their personal […]

Jeannie Mackay— April 4, 1951 to August 23, 2025— “A Theatrical Life.”

Dorothy Lander, co-founder of HARP Publishing: The People’s Press, was devastated to learn of the death of her long-time friend, Jeannie Mackay, on August 23, 2025.  As a deeply passionate thespian and humanitarian her entire life, Jeannie Mackay personified the mission of HARP, dedicating her enormous talents and sharp wit to support the healing arts […]

YES! You are creative!

Discover your inner creator, and the joy in scribbling, stomping, and silliness.

Try all 6 spontaneous exercises and surface the creative hiding deep inside you.