Sunday morning. My cheeks are being stroked by a surprisingly warm autumnal sun. I allow my curiosity to guide me to a mysterious coffee place that I hadn’t spotted before. I find a chair and a blanket and, as I wait for my coffee to arrive, tune into the soundscape…

How to welcome a full range of emotional experience—and create space for transformation — These are fertile times. Initiatives are blossoming. We are singing birthday songs across balconies and watching policemen turn into street dancers. This spring of creativity invites us to feel less like confined individuals and more like connected communities. New language is flourishing, too. Our everyday vocabulary is expanding to accommodate…