When I work with clients, it becomes clear that deep creativity doesn’t originate in the head or thinking mind. It comes from an entirely different place—a place that’s alive. Their creative visions emerge from this living, dynamic energy, and it’s precisely why we need art. To truly change our world, we must connect with what…
In music, the space between the notes is what creates the melody. The beauty of a piece is formed in the pauses, the spaces in-between. I’ve always been fascinated by these “spaces in-between” and have explored and written about them extensively in teaching (check out my book Getting Messy), art (check out my book Deep…
In a letter to the president of the Fetzer Institute, Jacob Needleman wrote: “[I believe] that the group is the art form of the future. In our present culture, the main need is for a form that can enable human beings to share their perceptions and through that sharing, to become a conduit for the…
In an article titled The Creativity Crisis in Newsweek, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman highlight a compelling study of MacArthur “genius” award recipients. Researchers discovered a fascinating commonality among these highly creative individuals: many of them spent their childhoods immersed in creating “paracosms,” or richly detailed fantasy worlds. These weren’t fleeting daydreams. These children constructed…
Henry David Thoreau once said, “It’s not what you look at, it’s what you see.” This timeless wisdom reminds us that our perspective shapes how we experience the world. Consider these four aphorisms: “When life brings you lemons, make lemonade.” “There’s another opportunity around the next corner.” “Better stick to the straight and narrow.” “Everything…
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