In this clip, filmed on an upwards sloping incline towards an unnamed summit above San Francisco’s Noe Valley, a sunny afternoon succumbs to the cloud bearing onshore winds, winds that are so typical for the region. The swiftly moving heavens contrasted against the neighborhood mooring itself to the hillside, and the sunshine after a long […]
Five Star Rating for My New eBook on Creativity
I am proud to say that I have received my first customer review on Amazon. It appears that my ebook, Between the Bridge and The Water: Death, Rebirth, and Creative Awakening is starting to have an impact on the way people think about creativity. Here’s the review: Insightful, Graphic, Intense, Thought-provoking April 23, 2012 By […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #14
In this clip, filmed shortly after dawn in the parking lot of HS Lordship’s restaurant on the east side of the Berkeley Marina, sunlight filters through low hanging clouds as the smoke rises up from a chimney stack, the smoke itself lit by the same light filtering through the clouds. From this place, with the […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations On The Ground of Creativity, #13
In this clip, filmed at the end of bath time, my two-year-old daughter, Sierra Lucia, watches the strange and hypnotic movements of water going down the drain. Warm bath water, her tiny fingers, the spin of the earth, and the pull of gravity all play their part in this common nighttime ritual for parents of […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations On The Ground of Creativity, #12
In this clip, filmed in Palm Desert, California, the sun breaches the horizon of a craggy desert ridge, an east bound plane soars through the air, and a bird sings a song of creation. It is amazing that this planetary ritual takes place on a daily basis, the earth rolling to the east and the […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations On The Ground of Creativity, #11
In this clip, filmed at The Circle in North Berkeley, a traffic circle with a fountain in the center of it and a tunnel passing directly underneath, the headlights from unseen cars illuminate the water dropping from the upper tier. This beautiful fountain was out of commission when I lived in the area in the […]
Austin Hill Shaw Will Be Speaking on “The 5 Essentials of Designing and Building Sacred Space” at the Lighting In a Bottle Festival
I am excited to announce that I will be speaking at the Lighting in a Bottle Festival in Silverado, California this coming Memorial Day weekend. I will be looking forward to sharing the stage with Rev Michael Bernard Beckwith, Barbara Marx Hubbard, and Daniel Pinchbeck, author of the edgy and provocative, 2012: The Return of […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations On The Ground of Creativity, #10
In this clip, filmed at my home in North Berkeley, the creative interdependence of the universe creates a spontaneous light show in my bathroom. A windy day, the sunlight from millions of miles away, the movement of the redwood trees that surround my house, and a high east facing window allow the erratic changes of […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations On The Ground of Creativity, #9
In this clip, filmed on Marin Avenue near the border of Berkeley and Albany, California, a makeshift memorial is erected for a teenage boy who was recently killed at the intersection. The handwritten signs express love, sadness, anger, and disbelief at the student’s untimely death. In the wake of death, the ordinary movement of cars […]
Create Together! Creativity In Groups Increases Dramatically With The Right Leadership
ShayLynne Clark, one very motivated 22-year-old student from Weber State University, has spent her university time exploring the topic of creativity in group settings. Her valued conclusion: Creativity in groups suffers with overbearing central leadership, but flourishes with an empowering moderator, one who encourages creative input from all members of the group. OGDEN — ShayLynne […]