Musings from the Margins posts are listed here in order of first names of their authors, who have been our interns from Lesley University’s Expressive-Arts Therapy Program since 2013. Each post is tagged for searching by keyword in our search box, upper right on most of our pages.
Alex | Amanda L. | Amanda R. | Briana & Brianna | Emilie | Evey | Isabelle | Jessi | Kate | Liana | Liz | Marielle | Mary | Rebekah | Wanyi
Alex Shoemaker (2025-26)
- Acknowledgement of the Moment
- Artistic-Community Collaboration
- Establishing Group Norms
- “The Death of Jesus”
- Divine with us
- Documentary & Winter Walk
- Gratitude, Reciprocity & Generosity
- Happy Halloween to those who celebrate!
- Happy New Year!
- Identity Symbols
- Loving-Kindness Meditation
- Mapping Our Boundaries
- Performing & Preaching
- Playing Uno
- Preparations
- Quilting
- Rehearsing
- Rehearsals begin.
- Self Care
- Super-Angel & the Divine Sidekicks
- Untangling
- Welcome Alex Shoemaker!
Amanda Ludeking (2019-2020)
- And we’re back!
- Awkward Conversations
- Boundary Setting
- Crisis Intervention
- Finding My Groove
- Good Enough
- Introducing Amanda L.
- LOL
- Looking into Hesitancy
- Mistakes
- A Suspiciously Good Day
- Talent Show
Briana Heller (2015-16)
- Balancing Compassion for Self & Others
- Being Observant
- Darkness & Light
- Empathy vs. Fear
- Goodbyes
- Processing Emotional Discomfort
- Stay Humble
- Tactfulness & Empathy
Brianna Babick (2015-16)
- Difficult & Joyous Holidays
- Hope Lost & Found
- Notice beauty!
- Opportunity of Choice
- Reflective Listening
- Rituals of Spirituality & Wellness
- Self Expression under Challenging Circumstances
- Sharing Stories
- Thanksgiving
- What color of the rainbow are you today?
- Bending Time
- Happy Holidays
- Interfaith Honoring of Earth Cycles
- On the Fear of Stepping into Ourselves
- The Space Between: On the Healing Power of Gaze
- Welcome Our New Expressive-Arts Interns!
Evey
(2013-14)
- Creative Creatures, Creatively Created
- Evey joins the program.
- Halloween Week
- It’s great to be back at Emmanuel.
- Miracles
- Ask and you shall receive.
- Building a City in One Day
- Continuing On
- Difficulty Enforcing Guidelines
- Engaging with the Community
- Holidays During the Pandemic
- A Narrative Journey
- Peaceful Thoughts
- Saying Goodbye
- Setting Boundaries
- Spring Forward!
- Vacciinations & Anniversaries
- Welcome, Isabelle!
- Attunement
- Curve Balls
- Holding Space
- Let’s work with what we’ve got.
- Something in the Way We Move
- Window of Tolerance
Kate Solow (2016-17) 
- Add a little bit of color!
- Art & Spirituality Program
- Artistic Rocks
- Farewell Bracelet
- Farewell, Kate!
- Gratitude
- Grief at Common Art
- Holding
- Home
- Greetings from Our Art Therapy Intern
- Q&A Book for Cafe Emmanuel
- Stories
- Touch
- American Caste System
- Bridges across Time & Space
- Called In
- Compassionate Presence
- A Gentle & Generous Presence
- Letting Go
- Slow & Steady
- Witnessing
- Be brave in expressing yourself.
- The Halloween Spirit
- Let me introduce us.
- Light in the Darkness
- Thanksgiving
- Easter Play
- Engaging Participants
- Farewell, Amanda!
- The Give & Take of Creativity
- The Healing Power of Art
- Identifying Strengths
- Just Being There
- Leaving without Saying Goodbye
- Pulling in New Participants
- A Rainbow of People
- Silent Appreciation
- Thanksgiving Table
- Trading Cards
Mary Schwabenland (2024-25)
Appreciating Superpowers- Bible Study
- Haiku
- Happy Easter!
- Happy Holidays!
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Improvisation
- Interviews with Superheros
- Poetry Exercises
- Preparation for Our Easter Play
- Rehearsing Our Easter Play
- Spectogram
- Superheroic Personae
- Talent Show
- Talkback after “Fix the Damned Sidewalk”
- The Way It Is
- Welcome our new drama-therapy intern.
- Creating Families
- Intention vs. Perception
- Need for Connection
- Soul Medicine
- Supportive Community
- Welcome our Expressive Arts Interns
