Listen to Kim McNeil's conversation with host Catherine Orer as they paint a new picture of art and mental health.

I admitted last week to having experienced an existential COVID crisis. Why am I here? What’s the point of me being here? What’s the point of anyone being here unless of course, you’re a physician, nurse, healthcare worker, grocery store worker, sanitary worker, or any other essential service worker. Bill Murray has an opinion. Not about me specifically, although I’m sure he’d have lots to say, but about our current situation.

I once stood on a perfectly good mountain and watched another person jump off it. Base jumper. Otherwise known as Crazy Person. I had only seen such things in YouTube videos. Now there I was watching someone do it in real life.

My favourite Latin saying translates to "through hardship to the stars". My brother, who knows a thing or two about history, told me these pieces of space trivia related to the saying: The Royal Air Force (RAF) uses a derivative of the maxim as their motto.  Per ardua ad astra, or "through adversity to the stars", speaks perfectly to the sacrifice and glory of war.