On Sunday, September 27th, Lorin Ashton and Bassnectar return to the Bay Area to play at the Bay Area Vibze Festival. Bassnectar shows have been some of the most profound and joyful experiences of my life. And because Lorin’s music has touched me so deeply, as a student of creativity and Self-expression, I’ve asked myself, and had […]
Marketing and the Tree of Life
Do you long to THRIVE both CREATIVELY and FINANCIALLY? Check out Ann Rea’s course Making Art, Making Money Today. Marketing has been an essential and super-fun aspect of growing Creativity Matters. But it wasn’t always that way. There was a time, not so long ago, that I viewed marketing as a total drain, and something […]
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 […]
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 and Coworking: The Benefits of Sharing Space and Experience in a Creative Environment
For those of you who are entrepreneurs, or business owners, or lone artists or designers, or really anyone who either works on their own or is alone by being at the top of your organization, this article is essential. No matter how outgoing you perceive yourself to be, we all know that human beings are […]
Creativity and the Super Geek: A Look at the Amazingly Creative Life of Nikola Tesla
“Geeks stay up all night so that they can disassemble the world and put it back together with new features.” This is the opening line of a tongue in cheek biography of one of the greatest and least recognized inventors who ever lived: Serbian American, Nikola Tesla. Behind such inventions as alternating current, X-rays, and […]
The Prolific Creativity of the Lightning in a Bottle Festival
Next week, my wife, daughter, and I will be heading down to enjoy and participate in the Lightning in a Bottle Festival, a remarkable spin off of the great mother of all festivals, Burning Man. There, I will be leading a workshop called, “Five Essentials of Designing and Building Sacred Space,” a workshop that I’ve […]
Understanding Creativity Across Art, Science, and Religion Part II
Last time we came up with a working definition of creativity as 1) connecting with the world and 2) affecting it in a meaningful way. We also looked at the various ways in which we engage the world through 1) our senses 2) our thoughts (including thoughts about how we perceive ourselves) and 3) our […]
Creativity and Nonduality: How The Tension Between Egoic Identity and the Absolute Self Shapes the Creative Process
This weekend I submitted an abstract to speak at The Science & Nonduality Conference to be held in San Rafael, California, in October of this year. The theme for this year is “The Nature of Self.” As a lover of creativity and the creative process, I am constantly exploring what it is that makes creativity […]
What does it look like to have a truly creative and innovative economy?
China has had incredible economic growth in recent years. But is growth in industry and manufacturing a sign of creativity and innovation? According to Richard Florida, author of “Why China lags in Innovation and Creativity”, the answer is an emphatic “no.” All you highly productive folks out there take note: there is a big difference […]