by robert maniscalco | Mar 8, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, World View
My innocence was literally stolen when I was sexually assaulted as a kid. So, I tend to present in public as if I am somehow guilty of something. I get nervous and start talking. If I’m allowed to speak long enough, I will inevitably stumble upon some...
by robert maniscalco | Mar 1, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, World View
I finally watched the horror show from this past Friday with President Zielinski and the Trump Syndicate.. It’s difficult for me to watch abusive content because it is so triggering for me personally — good luck over the next four years, right? Aside from...
by robert maniscalco | Feb 22, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View
America has been egging for a real knock down, drag out existential crisis since the end of WWII. Civil rights, Watergate, the Cold War, the World Trade Center attack, not to mention the collective unresolved guilt of ignoring the genocide of indigenous people and...
by robert maniscalco | Feb 20, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, World View
I try to walk a line, as a political person, because we are all political beings, even if we shy away from politics. I push the envelope as a citizen/artist, not as often as I’d like to. I restrain myself. But as I survey the current landscape, I find myself...
by robert maniscalco | Jan 21, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, World View
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger I am a survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse, which deeply impacted my sensibility and sense of self worth. One positive that came out of it was it made me more sensitive to the suffering of others. Believe me, empathy is...
by robert maniscalco | Oct 19, 2024 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Dannagal Goldtnwaite Young has written a book called Wrong, which was recently featured on an episode of Hidden Brain (on NPR), called, “Sitting with Uncertainty.” Wrong is a very enlightening book that not only sheds a much needed light on our political...
