While sorting through old workshop materials, I came across a handout I created ten years ago outlining “principles of creativity.” To my surprise, they still feel relevant today. Here’s a refreshed version of those principles, which I believe are timeless truths about the creative process: Creativity comes from the heart. Our hearts inspire our creativity….
David Lynch, the legendary director of films like The Elephant Man and Eraserhead, was once asked by Terry Gross on Fresh Air what he does when he makes a movie. After a long pause, he replied, “You know, when I’m making a movie, I don’t know what I’m doing.” Of course, something is guiding him,…
An excerpt from my book Getting Messy: A guide to taking risks and opening the imagination for teachers, trainers, coaches, and mentor In the 1920s, Lincoln Steffans was a history student at the University of California Berkeley. As a freshman, he became engrossed in history and read everything he could find on the subject. It…
The artist Paul Reynard was once asked, “What is the place of art in contemporary life?” His response: “The question could well be formulated as, ‘What is the place of love in contemporary life?’” I’ve always been captivated by that statement—it says so much about the essence of art and its deeper purpose. Reynard’s writings…
“Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously. Other happenings give us joy and afterwards a peace, but in beauty these are the same experience. Beauty is serene and at the same time exhilarating; it increases one’s sense of being alive…Beauty is the mystery which enchants…
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