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Through Coworking and Collaboration, SF Springboard Brings Creative Projects to Life
In light of yesterday’s post, I felt compelled to give you more info on the offerings of SF Springboard, a local group dedicated to bringing creative projects to life. Here is what they have to say: What is it that you most want to create? What do you have burning inside you, just waiting to […]
Creativity and Coworking: The Benefits of Sharing Space and Experience in a Creative Environment
For those of you who are entrepreneurs, or business owners, or lone artists or designers, or really anyone who either works on their own or is alone by being at the top of your organization, this article is essential. No matter how outgoing you perceive yourself to be, we all know that human beings are […]
Creativity Expert Austin Hill Shaw Interviewed by Modern Times Magazine
Several weeks ago, I was interviewed by Taylor Holmes on my upcoming presentation on The 5 Essentials of Designing and Building Sacred Space at the Lightning in a Bottle Festival. Taylor and I talked for just under an hour and he asked me some really provocative questions on the potential for learning at a music […]
How Does Being Bilingual Affect Creativity?
Not long ago I wrote a series of posts on how my own creativity was affected by learning Spanish, starting when I was 29. Today I stumbled upon a blog post by Jonah Lehrer entitled “The Benefits of Being Bilingual,” which gives the hard science behind my own subjective experience. I really enjoyed this article. Here’s an […]
Creativity and Neurology: The Way We Think About the Brain Can Determine Its Creative Potential
“Why do we persist in our belief that the brain is purely and simply a ‘machine,’ a program without promise? Why are we ignorant of our own plasticity?” That question is raised by Catherine Malabou in her book, What Should We Do With Our Brain?, which in part explores how the ways in which we think about our […]