“The Grand Optimist” is written and performed by Dallas Green, of City and Colour. The lyrics convey a sense of losing hope—feelings often described by…
The music video for “Elastic Heart”, by Australian recording artist Sia, portrays an interpretive dance between a man and child that is meant to depict…
In her latest series of children’s books, River Speaks, author Sandy Stream conveys the emotional turmoil that children and families go through when dealing with…
The defendant entered the courtroom, giving a thumbs-up to the judges and clapping mockingly at the spectators watching from a glass-walled gallery. His name: Ratko…
In “Even My Dad Does Sometimes”, Ed Sheeran encourages those who feel sad and depressed to share those feelings with others, as that is the…
The suicide of a celebrity comes as a shock to fans. In the wake of Robin Williams’ death, there was an outpouring of grief. But…
Nyassa Navidzadeh, a psychiatrist from Montreal, Canada, spent several months overseas, providing aid to the victims of the Ebola outbreak. Based in Foya, Liberia, she…
This film by Sam Shapson and A.J. Sheeran follows the life of a grieving young boy who has just lost his mother. Symbolized through the…
In 2012, lead singer and songwriter Chris Daughtry tried to capture the trauma of people who have been kidnapped in his song All These Lives….
By locking both a large tarantula and a protagonist suffering from arachnophobia in a room together, the filmmaker Juan Jose Arreola attempts to portray the…
