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 […]
Wisdom and Creativity in Business: I’m Enjoying Being the Speaker Liaison at the Wisdom 2.0 Business Conference
Wisdom and Creativity in Business: I’m Enjoying Being the Speaker Liaison at the Wisdom 2.0 Business Conference Today I have the honor of being the Speaker Liaison at the first Wisdom 2.0 Business conference at the historic Palace Hotel in downtown San Francisco. The Wisdom 2.0 Tech Conference is well known in the region as […]
A Lifetime of Creativity: Where the Wild Things Are Author, Maurice Sendak, Interviews
Last Tuesday, the day before my 42nd birthday, Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of the hugely popular children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are, died. He was 83 years old. He was a very creative man, prolific in both his writing and illustrations. And though he had no children himself, and didn’t claim to even […]
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 Precious Human Birth
There is a saying in Buddhism which goes as follows: “Contemplate the preciousness of being born free and well favored. This is difficult to gain and easy to lose. Now I must do something meaningful.” This saying is know as “Precious Human Birth” and is the first saying of what is known as The Four […]
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 […]
Understanding Creativity Across Art, Science, and Religion Part I
It is common for people to pigeonhole creativity into a specific type of activity such as art, invention, or innovation. It is also common for people to say that there are creative “types” out there, those that seem to be inherently more creative than others. But from my own perspective, all of human activities share […]
Timelapse Cinematography Unveils the Dynamic Creativity Inherent to the Universe
Yosemite Range of Light from Shawn Reeder on Vimeo. Here is a clip from cinematographer, Shawn Reeder, featuring one of my all time favorite places in the world, Yosemite Valley, with other shots from the Eastern Sierras, Mono Lake, and Joshua Tree. One of the most important aspects of understanding creativity is seeing the dynamic, ongoing changes happening all […]
Creativity and Nonduality: The Self and the Built Environment
Here is another abstract that my co-host of the Conscious Design Build talks, Hristiyan Atanasov, and I submitted to the 2012 Science and Nonduality Conference: It has been estimated that the construction and operation of buildings consumes over a third of the world’s energy consumption and 40% of all the mined resources. Furthermore, the built […]
Creativity and the Golden Rule
The Golden Rule, which states “do unto others as you would have others do unto you,” is a powerful statement and a good guideline for how to treat others in the world. But when it comes to creativity, its message is subtly limiting, for it asks us to focus on how we would like to […]