Philosophers throughout history have asserted that “the fundamental nature of the world is aesthetic” (Alfred North Whitehead, Gregory Bateson,James Hillman, Martin Foss,Donald Winnicott to name a few.) That said, it’s interesting that the word aesthetics comes from the Greek word “aisthenesthai” which is the ability to perceive. When he was alive, archetypal psychologist James Hillman…
It’s destructive. The creative process is as much about destruction as it is making something new. It needs space, and one way the creative process makes sure it has that space is to clear out the old or what’s no longer working. It will destroy whatever is in its way. (Don’t worry, if you really…
When I was in school, I loved the precision and tidiness of it—each class a container with a tidy list of assignments by week. All these fascinating subjects, like chests full of jewels, and if we only sign up and listen, we might uncover some of those jewels. Looking at new syllabi at the beginning…
A couple months ago I led an Open Your Money Portal teleclass and I was fascinated to see what would show up for people. I presumed that when we tuned into the metaphoric realm, people’s blocks about money would come through. But that’s not what happened. Instead, for nearly all of the participants that I…
When we follow the creative, magic happens…meeting people we never would have expected, finding ourselves in new places and situations. We’re no longer following a ‘schedule’ or ‘to do’ list, we’re following the beauty and energy of the moment. Our ego is naturally resistant. It wants us to follow a schedule, get-things-done, and have a…
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