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Creative Insights as Messengers from the Universe
For more on creativity and innovation visit https://austinhillshaw.com/ Insights are one of the most interesting aspects of the creative process. In this video, Austin Hill Shaw, founder of Creativity Matters and author of The Shoreline of Wonder: On Being Creative, talks about a creative insight that changed his life forever. He also looks at the […]
Deconceptualize Your Concept of Time
Conceptual time, our ability to uses watches and calendars to schedule, plan, and carry out those plans, is one of our most powerful tools for organizing our lives. It is essential in manifesting our creative insights. But it can also be a trap, preventing us from experiencing our lives directly by feeling either bored (too […]
The Best Chocolate Bar I Ever Ate (and Why)
Last week, I spent 4 nights in the former home of the president of Nicaragua, a home that has since been converted into a hotel and chocolate museum. During our stay, my wife and my two daughters took a course in the history of chocolate, and had the opportunity to make 4 different types of […]
[VIDEO] How to live a truly meaningful life
What does it mean to live a meaningful life? Having lived in a country with active terrorist cells for two years, I learned a lot about how people make their lives have significance. The answers, I’m sad to say, aren’t always pretty. To avoid such pitfalls in your own life, watch the entire video […]
How to Ask for Help from the Natural World
In the summer of 2010, in the midst of a personal crisis, I spent four days alone in the high country of the Sierra Nevada mountains, four days that have forever changed my relationship to the natural world. Learning to ask for help is one of the most important things you can do as a creator. […]