

The Power of the Arts
Yesterday I experienced the power of the arts. As a proud parent, I attended a performance by the Wolvercote Creative Writing Workshop, part of the Oxbright International Arts Festival. Five young teens shared short stories they'd turned into paper motion movies (think stop-motion animations, built frame by (slow and painful!) frame from paper and pen). I'm not sure what I was expecting. Something cute, maybe. Something amateurish and nice..? I was so wrong. Within the first




























