This excerpt was taken from an hour long presentation by Austin Hill Shaw at the NLP Coaching Institute of California on Saturday, November 3, 2012. The full presentation was entitled “Creativity Demystified: The 3 Components of Creativity and How to Cultivate them Using NLP Techniques”. http://youtu.be/m-BknXbuiIs
Creativity Q & A: What is the Link between Creativity and Nature, Part I?
In this clip, filmed on August 3rd, 2012, creativity expert Austin Hill Shaw takes a break from prepping for his annual backpacking trip to the Universal Ground of Everything in the High Sierras and contemplates the profound connection between creativity and nature. About the Creativity Q & A Series: Creativity is more important than ever […]
Creativity Q & A: How Can We Teach Our Children to Be More Creative?
In this clip, filmed on August 1st, 2012, creativity expert, Austin Hill Shaw answers an important question from a concerned parent, “How can we teach our children to be more creative?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePZxMpKz3S4 About the Creativity Q & A Series: Creativity is more important than ever these days. In these times of rampant automation and outsourcing, our […]
Creativity Q & A: The Links Between Creativity and Intoxication
In this clip, filmed on July 25, 2012, creativity expert Austin Hill Shaw explores the links between creativity and intoxication. Thank you for your courage and willingness to bring your own creative gifts into the world!
Creativity and Engineering: Last Sunday Marked the 75th Anniversary of the Opening of the Golden Gate Bridge
Last Sunday, the San Francisco Bay Area celebrated the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. Both the Golden Gate and the Bridge that spans it have been very influential in my life. I moved to the Bay Area when I was 18 and seeing that grand opening left me with an […]
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 […]
Creativity and Innovation: “How Outsiders Solve Problems that Stump Experts”
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” –Suzuki Roshi Here is a wonderful article that addresses the shadow side of being an expert. Since experts are those who have accumulated a body of knowledge around a given subject, that same knowledge can create filters and blind spots […]
Creativity and the Super Geek: A Look at the Amazingly Creative Life of Nikola Tesla
“Geeks stay up all night so that they can disassemble the world and put it back together with new features.” This is the opening line of a tongue in cheek biography of one of the greatest and least recognized inventors who ever lived: Serbian American, Nikola Tesla. Behind such inventions as alternating current, X-rays, and […]
Understanding Creativity Across Art, Science, and Religion Part II
Last time we came up with a working definition of creativity as 1) connecting with the world and 2) affecting it in a meaningful way. We also looked at the various ways in which we engage the world through 1) our senses 2) our thoughts (including thoughts about how we perceive ourselves) and 3) our […]