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 Expert Austin Hill Shaw Interviewed by Modern Times Magazine
Several weeks ago, I was interviewed by Taylor Holmes on my upcoming presentation on The 5 Essentials of Designing and Building Sacred Space at the Lightning in a Bottle Festival. Taylor and I talked for just under an hour and he asked me some really provocative questions on the potential for learning at a music […]
Creativity Expert, Sir Ken Robinson, says: “We Don’t Grow Into Creativity, We Grow Out of It”
Here is a short but powerful video on the creative mindset of children versus adults. Children are willing to take risks, make mistakes, and fail, which allows them to explore freely and creatively. Adults, however, bound my social norms and how they think they should appear, are uncomfortable making mistakes and failing. The result: creativity […]
Chipotle, Willie Nelson, & Coldplay: An Unexpected Creative Trio Gets to the Heart (and Horrors) of Factory Farming
In order to live a creative life, it is important to have a felt sense of our interdependence with the world around us. As living organisms we depend upon other living organisms to fuel our own metabolic functions and, by extension, our creativity. In this video from Chipotle restaurants, a chain that began in my […]
Creativity, Burning Man, and the Evolution of Consciousness
Here is a short video directed by Ian MacKenzie http://ianmack.com looking at the significance of Burning Man and the evolution of consciousness. You can also catch glimpses of the unyielding and prolific creativity for which the festival is famous. The Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nevada began in the 1980s on Baker Beach […]
A Lifetime of Creativity: Where the Wild Things Are Author, Maurice Sendak, Interviews
Last Tuesday, the day before my 42nd birthday, Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of the hugely popular children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are, died. He was 83 years old. He was a very creative man, prolific in both his writing and illustrations. And though he had no children himself, and didn’t claim to even […]