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 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Part I: The Leap from Lack to Creative Fulfillment
In 1943, psychologist, philosopher, and leader of the Human Potential movement, Abraham Maslow wrote a paper entitled, A Theory of Human Motivation, in which he produced one of the most useful diagrams for understanding the human condition, the now famous Hierarchy of Needs. It also serves as an excellent model for understanding the nature of […]
Consciousness and Creativity, Part X: The Holistic Benefits of Conscious Creativity
Despite the effort it takes and the challenges along the way, it is my heartfelt opinion that becoming a connoisseur of consciousness and applying it to your creativity is the most useful thing you can do with your time. Here are just some of the benefits: Since your consciousness processes all of your experiences, the […]
Consciousness and Creativity, Part IX: The Importance of Sharing and Community
As a follow up to my last two posts exploring both basic and more advanced practices for exploring consciousness as individuals, I’d like to shift our attention to our nature as intensely social creatures. With both consciousness and creativity, it’s important that we invite others to support, reflect, and help us in our explorations of […]
Consciousness and Creativity, Part VIII: More Advanced Practices for Engaging Consciousness
Last time we looked at some basic practices for engaging consciousness. Let’s up the ante a bit, exploring some more advanced practices for engaging consciousness, lighting a more ardent fire in the hearth of creativity, delving headlong into some of the deeper pools of awareness. Engage in fasts of various sorts, removing certain objects or […]
Consciousness and Creativity, Part VII: Basic Practices for Engaging Consciousness
Let’s further our exploration of consciousness, this time focusing in on how to better engage it. How do we begin to befriend the dynamic lens through which we see the world when we are looking through it all the time? How can we get any real perspective on consciousness when we are dependent upon it […]