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
For more on creativity and innovation visit https://austinhillshaw.com/ Insights are one of the most interesting aspects of the creative process. In this video, Austin Hill Shaw, founder of Creativity Matters and author of The Shoreline of Wonder: On Being Creative, talks about a creative insight that changed his life forever. He also looks at the […]
Conceptual time, our ability to uses watches and calendars to schedule, plan, and carry out those plans, is one of our most powerful tools for organizing our lives. It is essential in manifesting our creative insights. But it can also be a trap, preventing us from experiencing our lives directly by feeling either bored (too […]
What does it mean to live a meaningful life? Having lived in a country with active terrorist cells for two years, I learned a lot about how people make their lives have significance. The answers, I’m sad to say, aren’t always pretty. To avoid such pitfalls in your own life, watch the entire video […]
In the summer of 2010, in the midst of a personal crisis, I spent four days alone in the high country of the Sierra Nevada mountains, four days that have forever changed my relationship to the natural world. Learning to ask for help is one of the most important things you can do as a creator. […]
Part 2 of 2. Jennifer Lipski is a strong advocate of growth through community. Through her organization, My Meta World, she helps others find their inner wisdom in community, and builds community through her program “8 Minutes of Awesome: Must-Watch Videos with Awesome People” In March 2015, she interviewed me for her show. True to form, we failed […]
