In this talk, filmed at the Lightning in a Bottle Festival on the morning of Saturday, May 26, 2012, and Part II of the hour long talk (for Part I click here), I continue building the framework, bringing sacred outlook and a profound sense of connection into the process of designing and building specifically and […]
Austin Hill Shaw Talks on The Five Essentials of Designing and Building Sacred Space, Part I
In this talk, filmed at the Lightning in a Bottle Festival on the morning of Saturday, May 26, 2012, I create a framework bringing sacred outlook and a profound sense of connection into the process of designing and building specifically and creativity in general. The framework comes from Vajrayana Buddhism, also known as Tantric Buddhism, […]
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 […]
How to Live a Creative Life
Do you feel unfulfilled or stuck in a rut? Do you doubt your ability to create anything meaningful or worthwhile? Or, on the other end of the spectrum, are you overwhelmed by creative ideas that you never find the time to bring to life? You are not alone. It is surprisingly common for people to […]
Creativity and Leadership: How Great Leaders Inspire Action
I recently had an illuminating conversation with a dear friend of mine, Kathy Hart. Kathy is a change expert who, along with her company ClearVision Consulting, goes into large organizations and helps them execute large, system-wide changes, ultimately with the goal of aligning everyone, as her company name implies, with a clear vision. As a […]
It’s Official: Austin Hill Shaw Will Be Speaking on Creativity at the Science and Nonduality Conference in October
I am very excited to announce that this last weekend I received notice from the Science & Nonduality Conference (SAND). My talk, “Creativity and Nonduality: How The Tension Between Egoic Identity and the Absolute Self Shapes the Creative Process” will be part of this year’s line up. Here’s the official word: Thank you for your […]
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 […]
Embrace the Spiraling Nature of Creativity
Do you ever find yourself circling back around to a familiar place every so often—a certain part of town, a grove in the woods, the home where you grew up? Do you keep coming back to landscape photography over other subjects you might explore with the precision of celestial bodies? Do you notice how that […]
Life Before Death: Creativity and Impermanence
“People living deeply have no fear of death.” -Anaïs Nin This last weekend, I had the pleasure of working at the Wisdom 2.0 Business Conference in San Francisco, California. One of my speaker liaison team members was Alison Raby, founder of “Life Before Death,” an organization dedicated to teaching others to embrace the finality of […]
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 […]