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Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #32
In this video, filmed on Sunday morning 2012 after the highly energized, yearly ritual of burning the man, festival goers continue to go strong, enjoying the life giving qualities of destroying, then being born anew. At Burning Man, creativity and creative expression are everywhere, in costumes, in communication, in performances, and in the prolific outpouring […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #31
In this video, taken in the spring of 2012 near Codornices park in North Berkeley, California, a redwood tree trunk outside my kitchen window sways with the wind. I find it incredibly powerful to see an organism standing over a hundred feet tall, with all it has built by converting sunlight and water into sugar […]
Austin Hill Shaw’s Will Be Presenting as Part of “The Self as a Creative, Embodied Process” at the Science and Nonduality Conference
I am pleased to announce that I will be presenting my talk, “Creativity and Nonduality: How the Tension Between the Egoic Identity and the Absolute Self Shapes the Creative Process” as part of a series of talks called “The Self as a Creative, Embodied Process” on Saturday, October 27th at the Larkspur Room of the […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #30
Filmed in San Francisco in early June 2012, on the opening day in San Francisco of the 75th anniversary of the summer free concert series at Stern Grove, members of the world famous Glide Memorial Church Choir leave the stage after their inspiring opening set, their choir outfits like sails moving across the forest floor. […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #29
Departing! I love BART, Part II. 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 echoes throughout the […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #27
In this clip, filmed at Codornices Park in Berkeley, California, the barely perceptible changes of the high cirrus clouds are captured by the relative stability of the treetops in the foreground. Creative insight often has a feeling of ascension. As such, looking up at the sky and studying its changes, is a great way to […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #26
For more on creativity visit https://austinhillshaw.com. In this clip, the second in a two part series filmed en route to Stern Grove in San Francisco, my wife drives while I get the opportunity to capture the stunning beauty of a Bay Area Sunday in June. The structure of the Bay Bridge, rails, rivets, and tertiary […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #24
In this clip, filmed on the one block-long commercial district along Euclid Avenue in North Berkeley, Christmas globes and lights, hanging in a storefront window, emit light and track the activities of the people along the sidewalks and streets. Listen for a car and watch its headlight flash across the reflective surface of the globe. […]