Self-Expression
“There is vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action. And because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.”
Martha Graham, Choreographer
Creativity and Gender Equality: The Need for True Empowerment in Both Women and Men
Here’s an amazing TED talk from a new friend of mine, Joselyn DiPetta, whom I fortuitously met in the final moments of the 2015 Wisdom 2.0 Conference after party. Her above talk,”The Missing Piece in the Gender Equality Puzzle” is fantastic, and is a must see for anyone wanting to: transcend the limitations of stereotypes […]
Creativity and Self-Expression: What’s Love Got to Do with It?
In short: everything! In order to be a better creator, and in order to be fully Self-expressed, you must be a better lover. This sort of love has nothing to do with like, or romance, or heart-shaped chocolates (although they, too, are products of love). This love has everything to do with framing all of […]
Bay Area Creativity and Innovation: Lesson 9, The Creative Vortex
This video is part of a series on San Francisco Bay Area Creativity and Innovation by creativity expert, Austin Hill Shaw. In this edition, Austin unveils the unseen forces driving Bay Area creativity and innovation.
Creativity and Surfing: Creative Flow and the Seduction of the Tube
The allure of a barreling wave is an undeniable force. It resonates deep within us like the drone of a bagpipe—strong and steady, raw and primordial—allowing all other notes a point of origin, a point of origin from which to soar. But what can waves and surfing teach us about our own desires for creative […]
[VIDEO] Creativity and Healing: Re-Establishing Wholeness through Self-Expression
Shakespeare grieved the loss of his 11-year-old son while writing Hamlet. Picasso’s most impactful painting mourned the atrocities of Guernica, the first civilian bombing in the history of the world. Pearl Jam’s Ten, an album that has sold over ten million copies, was created as the founding members, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, mourned the loss of their […]