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Creativity and Nonduality: The Self and the Built Environment
Here is another abstract that my co-host of the Conscious Design Build talks, Hristiyan Atanasov, and I submitted to the 2012 Science and Nonduality Conference: It has been estimated that the construction and operation of buildings consumes over a third of the world’s energy consumption and 40% of all the mined resources. Furthermore, the built […]
Creativity versus the Automated Essay Grader
Here’s an interesting and (somewhat disturbing) article on a new technology from the Education Testing Service, those same folks who’ve invented the SAT’s and other tests and made standardized testing a nation-wide phenomena. Apparently, their new technology can grade some 16,000 essays in under a minute. But what are the consequences for true creative expression […]
Creativity and the Golden Rule
The Golden Rule, which states “do unto others as you would have others do unto you,” is a powerful statement and a good guideline for how to treat others in the world. But when it comes to creativity, its message is subtly limiting, for it asks us to focus on how we would like to […]
When is the optimal time for creativity?
For me, creativity and the creative process is not limited to those times when we are in our so-called right brains or coming up with new and innovative ideas. It also includes those times when we draw upon the skills that we’ve developed over time to bring our creative insights into some sort of fruition. […]
Creativity and Forgiveness: How Releasing Past Hurt Improves Creativity
When you feel yourself being creative, there is a sense of flow. Like the tides moving in and out of an estuary, being in the throws of the creativity has a felt sense of gathering and release, an enlivening exchange with the world around you. When you hold onto resentment or withhold trust from a […]