A tender, grounded essay on what real awareness looks like—not as a mountaintop or mystical escape, but as a mother teaching her daughter how to wash her hair. “A Simple Awareness” invites readers into the everyday, sacred moments of parenting, self-care, and presence. Part of the Kids Loft collection at the Discovery Loft.
New Blog What happens when someone close to you calls your entire creative process a cop-out—without even knowing it? In this raw dispatch from the Loft, Cassie Higgins explores the emotional fault lines around generative AI, creativity, and what it really means to be a builder of worlds. This isn’t a defense of AI. It’s a reclamation of imagination. One that moves past the art vs. machine debate and into something deeper: making the invisible visible, using the tools we have. If you’ve ever carried more than you could show—this one’s for you.
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