The most important relationship for us to develop is the one with our authentic Self. Such has been the message from numerous traditions for thousands of years. Likewise, over the last decade, it has also been one of the most important discoveries in my exploration of the nature of creativity. The authentic Self provides us […]
7 Reasons Creativity is Essential to Your Personal Life
1) Survival That which can be automated and outsourced will be automated and outsourced. Here’s the tough news: As the global market place continues to become more and more competitive, those jobs and enterprises that a machine can do faster or someone else can do cheaper will go the way of the dinosaur and the […]
Creativity and Healing
In this video, creativity expert Austin Hill Shaw talks about the relationship between creativity and healing. For more information on creativity, healing, and how you can have more of both, sign up to receive inspiration, step-by-step instruction, and healing today!
Creativity and the Visual Beauty of Burning Man
Hi all, please enjoy the phenomenal beauty and creativity of Burning Man. This year will mark my 6th time going and the 6 year aniversary of meeting my wife, Epiphany Shaw, at Burning Man in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, 8/27/2008. We’ve since had two amazing daughters, Sierra Lucia and Lorenza Delmar, whom we […]
The Power of One: When You Change Your Own Way of Being, You Change the Whole World
Do you desire to build cultures of innovation in your organization or among the networks of people in your life? Here is a great video demonstraiting the power each and every one of us has. When we allow our playful, creative selves to come to the surface, the effects are powerful and amazing; we instantly […]
Transcendence, Transformation, and Transmutation: The Secret Links Between, Insight, Innovation, and Healing
This is a follow up talk to the Creativity and Healing: Re-Establishing Wholeness through Self-Expression
Creative Insight, Wisdom, and the Feminine
Here is one of my favorite articles that I had the pleasure of writing, which appeared in the October 2013 Women’s Issue of Common Ground Magazine. The article is called “Wisdom and the Feminine” and explores the links between the feminine expression of wisdom and creativity at the levels of body, mind, and spirit. It is […]
Creativity Through the Lens of Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism
In this video, Austin Hill Shaw, founder of Creativity Matters and author of The Shoreline of Wonder: On Being Creative explores the parallels between three vehicles of Tibetan (Vajrayana) Buddhism– the path of renunciation, the path of service, and the path of integration–and the three components of creativity–insight, manifestation, and Self-expression.
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #28
Arriving! I love BART. So does my daughter. While most folks are contemplating their destination, the two of us are celebrating the power and Majesty of huge silver trains snaking their way about the Bay Area. The sound, too, I call the celestial conch shell. Even from far away, it echos throughout the cities, our […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #25
In this clip, filmed en route to Stern Grove in San Francisco, my wife drives while I get the opportunity to capture the stunning beauty of a Sunday in June. The structure of the Bay Bridge, rails, rivets, and tertiary cables form a spontaneous stop animation while the main cables drop into view occationally like […]