In this clip, filmed while waiting for a bus on a balmy spring morning, a used Ford and other cars await the possibility of a new owner on a tiny lot on South San Pablo Boulevard. Behind me, a closed Chinese take-out restaurant plays violent movies in the window for a nearly deserted sidewalk while […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #20
In this clip, filmed in January 2012 at the Berkeley Rose Garden overlook, a waxing gibbous moon hangs in the sky, its mystical light shining on the waters of the San Francisco Bay. In the foreground, the lights of West Berkeley, Albany, and Richmond twinkle like stars, creating a sense of heaven on earth, or […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #19
In this clip, taken outside the historic Fox Theater in Oakland after a Beats Antique concert, a spontaneous crowd gathers around a portable sound system playing break beats, funk, dub step, and the occasional Michael Jackson mega hit. The Occupy Oakland Movement and the eclectic and irreverent spirit of the night owls light a fire […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations On The Ground of Creativity, #18
In this clip, taken near the South Fork of Codornices Creek in Codornices Park in the Berkeley Hills, an unnamed spring feeding the creek rolls over the landscape towards the Golden Gate 14 miles to the west. Due to the geology of the Berkeley Hills, a folded geology that captures the winter rains and leaks […]
Creativity and Engineering: Last Sunday Marked the 75th Anniversary of the Opening of the Golden Gate Bridge
Last Sunday, the San Francisco Bay Area celebrated the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. Both the Golden Gate and the Bridge that spans it have been very influential in my life. I moved to the Bay Area when I was 18 and seeing that grand opening left me with an […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations On The Ground of Creativity, #17
In this clip, filmed at night at UC Berkeley, the bells of Sather Tower ring out into the night as the northern facade of Doe Library, which is celebrating its one hundred year old birthday this year, sits in the foreground. I love the UC Berkeley campus. Leaving my home as an 18 year old […]
Through Coworking and Collaboration, SF Springboard Brings Creative Projects to Life
In light of yesterday’s post, I felt compelled to give you more info on the offerings of SF Springboard, a local group dedicated to bringing creative projects to life. Here is what they have to say: What is it that you most want to create? What do you have burning inside you, just waiting to […]
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 […]
Five Star Rating for My New eBook on Creativity
I am proud to say that I have received my first customer review on Amazon. It appears that my ebook, Between the Bridge and The Water: Death, Rebirth, and Creative Awakening is starting to have an impact on the way people think about creativity. Here’s the review: Insightful, Graphic, Intense, Thought-provoking April 23, 2012 By […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #14
In this clip, filmed shortly after dawn in the parking lot of HS Lordship’s restaurant on the east side of the Berkeley Marina, sunlight filters through low hanging clouds as the smoke rises up from a chimney stack, the smoke itself lit by the same light filtering through the clouds. From this place, with the […]