Creativity Matters
“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
“Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. Creativity is the ability to move beyond habitual responses and approach things as fresh.” William James Not long ago, I asked a friend of mine about how he makes important decisions. His response: “I make everything significant.” His words had a strong impact […]
When considering our creativity, it’s helpful to think of it in this way: “Growth happens in the light, transformation in the darkness.” Growth has to do with creative manifestation, our ability to use our resources, planning skills, and volition to turn our insights into reality. Transformation, however, are those experiences that bring about creative insights in […]
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” Friedrich Nietzsche This last week, I had the opportunity to spend a bit of time doing something I hadn’t done in a long time: Listening to LP’s. Not files from my iTunes, not CD’s, not cassettes […]
Click here to enter to win a FREE year-long subscription to The Sun Magazine. This week I was one of the facilitators at the Creativity Symposium at The Thatcher School in Ojai, California. The Thatcher School is famous for pairing each incoming freshman with a horse, a horse the freshman learns to ride and take […]
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