Today I had a meeting with a Bay Area videographer named Terry Lamb. The two of us had recently met at a business group I just joined, a group whose goal is to get its members to know others from various professions, establish a sense of trust, and then work as a networking group, helping […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #6
The creative universe that has given rise to the world as we know it is dynamic, interdependent, and deeply mysterious. In this series of one minute videos, I invite you to slow down and return for a moment to the Ground of Creativity, the Ground of Creativity that supports the world we experience, the Ground […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations On The Ground of Creativity, #4
In this clip, filmed near Sebastopol, California, an old rusty truck just off the road and hidden from view is overtaken by a plant as living cars speed on past in the background. The rust, the moss on the body, and the grayed out windshield like the eyes of a corpse, speak to the ongoing […]
The Scale of the Universe
I highly recommend the following, interactive link for a wild ride into the mind blowing scale of the universe: http://scaleofuniverse.com/ When it comes to science and spirituality, one of the most interesting parallels I find is the scale of the universe. From the unimaginably big to the incomprehensibly small, things look so dang similar to […]
The Heart of Creative Design: On Natural Light
Nourishing, life-giving, ever-changing light, rising and setting, arching across the sky, silvering the waxen edges of the leaves of the oak tree, flashing up the spine of a single blade of grass, its resplendent presence on the sill of a window, its ability to penetrate a room like a sharp object or to diffuse through […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations On The Ground of Creativity, #3
The creative universe that has given rise to the world as we know it, is dynamic, interdependent, and deeply mysterious. In this series of one minute videos, I invite you to slow down and return for a moment to the Ground of Creativity, the Ground of Creativity that supports the world we experience, the Ground […]
Creativity and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, part IV: Creativity and Culture
Last time we explored personal traumas and their effects, both positive and negative, on our ability to create. Now let’s take a wider view, this time exploring the reigning attitude of a culture and how it can either thwart or enhance the creative process. Remember, since the finite ego perceives itself as separate from the […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #2
The creative universe that has given rise to the world as we know it, is dynamic, interdependent, and deeply mysterious. In this series of one minute videos, I invite you to slow down and return for a moment to the Ground of Creativity, the Ground of Creativity that supports the world we experience, the Ground […]
Padmasambhava, The Lotus, and Creativity
“The youthful infant, Padmasambhava, manifesting on a lotus, is exactly the nature of our mind. Our mind may be born in the muddy lake of samsara, and the lotus may be born in this muddy lake of samsara, but the lotus itself is completely free from any dust. It remains beautiful, full of color and […]
Slivers of Eternity: One Minute Meditations on the Ground of Creativity, #1
The creative universe that has given rise to the world as we know it, is dynamic, interdependent, and deeply mysterious. In this series of one minute videos, I invite you to slow down and return for a moment to the Ground of Creativity, the Ground of Creativity that supports the world we experience, the Ground […]