{"id":1398,"date":"2014-11-11T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flowermandalas\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2014-11-10T11:08:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T16:08:40","slug":"the-transformative-power-of-art-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flowermandalas\/2014\/11\/the-transformative-power-of-art-1.html","title":{"rendered":"The Transformative Power of Art (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Haas &amp; Hahn: How Painting Can Transform Communities<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example, on a big scale, of the transformative power of art! In a TED talk, artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn demonstrate how they built community and transformed neighborhoods by through painting &#8212; and by throwing neighborhood barbeques.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Haas&amp;Hahn: How painting can transform communities\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCXfJVCg1LA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>More anon,<\/p>\n<p>David<\/p>\n<p><strong>Store<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/phototran\" target=\"_blank\">Flower Mandalas CafePress store<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Book<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidbookbinder.com\/uploads\/Fifty_Two_Flower_Mandalas_Preview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas book preview (Kickstarter edition)<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Discussion:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flowermandalas\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Flower Mandalas page<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Subscribe to the <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidbookbinder.com\/cgi-bin\/dada\/mail.cgi\/list\/flowermandalas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flower Mandalas mailing list<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Request the 15 Flower Mandalas screensaver:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:phototransformations@verizon.net?subject=15 flower mandalas screensaver request\">Fifteen Flower Mandalas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Text and images \u00a9 2014, David J. 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