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
Transcendence, Transformation, and Transmutation: The Secret Links Between, Insight, Innovation, and Healing
This is a follow up talk to the Creativity and Healing: Re-Establishing Wholeness through Self-Expression
Creative Insight, Wisdom, and the Feminine
Here is one of my favorite articles that I had the pleasure of writing, which appeared in the October 2013 Women’s Issue of Common Ground Magazine. The article is called “Wisdom and the Feminine” and explores the links between the feminine expression of wisdom and creativity at the levels of body, mind, and spirit. It is […]
Creativity Through the Lens of Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism
In this video, Austin Hill Shaw, founder of Creativity Matters and author of The Shoreline of Wonder: On Being Creative explores the parallels between three vehicles of Tibetan (Vajrayana) Buddhism– the path of renunciation, the path of service, and the path of integration–and the three components of creativity–insight, manifestation, and Self-expression.
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #28
Arriving! I love BART. So does my daughter. While most folks are contemplating their destination, the two of us are celebrating the power and Majesty of huge silver trains snaking their way about the Bay Area. The sound, too, I call the celestial conch shell. Even from far away, it echos throughout the cities, our […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #25
In this clip, filmed en route to Stern Grove in San Francisco, my wife drives while I get the opportunity to capture the stunning beauty of a Sunday in June. The structure of the Bay Bridge, rails, rivets, and tertiary cables form a spontaneous stop animation while the main cables drop into view occationally like […]