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Religion + Spirituality

“The imagination is not interested in…naively pitting one side against another, dark against light. It is interested in the place where the two sides meet, and what they give birth to when they cross-fertilize each other.”
John O’Donohue, Irish Poet, Author, and Priest

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Creativity and Nonduality: How The Tension Between Egoic Identity and the Absolute Self Shapes the Creative Process

This weekend I submitted an abstract to speak at The Science & Nonduality Conference to be held in San Rafael, California, in October of this year. The theme for this year is “The Nature of Self.” As a lover of creativity and the creative process, I am constantly exploring what it is that makes creativity […]

Filed Under: Art + Business, Religion + Spirituality, Science + Technology Tagged With: Blog, Ground of Creativity, Insight, Manifestation, Psychology, Science, Spirituality

What is the Relationship between Creativity and Grace?

Here’s an excerpt from an article that is close to my heart!   True creativity, especially the experience of insight, is a profoundly spiritual experience. I love the experience of grace along the creative path. For me, creative insight is a form of grace, an unexpected sense of openness and a penetrating experience of the world […]

Filed Under: Religion + Spirituality Tagged With: Blog, Insight, Spirituality

Austin’s New Book on Creativity, Between the Bridge and the Water: Death, Rebirth, and Creative Awakening, Now Available

I am pleased to announce the release of my new book, Between the Bridge and the Water:  Death, Rebirth, and Creative Awakening, available for the Kindle ebook reader. My book explores the compelling parallels between the outpouring of creativity in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Golden Gate Bridge’s infamous reputation as the world’s […]

Filed Under: Religion + Spirituality, Science + Technology Tagged With: Bay Area, Blog, Ground of Creativity, Health, Insight, Psychology, Science, Spirituality

Creativity In Organizations: Phil Mckinney’s 7 Immutable Laws of Innovation

According to Phil Mckinney, author of Beyond the Obvious, there are seven unchangeable laws to promoting innovation in companies. Those laws include factors that look at different levels of the company, including leadership, culture, and resources, as well as attitudes such as patience, and a process that fits in with the structure of the company, […]

Filed Under: Religion + Spirituality Tagged With: Blog, Collaboration, Education, Innovation

One Artist Brings Healing Power of Creativity to “Broken Places”

Lily Yeh is an artist who brings the healing power of creativity to places torn by drugs, violence, even genocide. Forced to flee China with her family when she was a child, Yeh has advocated the healing power of creativity throughout the world, including Syria and Rwanda. I love this story both for the diversity […]

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The Shoreline of Wonder: On Being Creative

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