Museums have a unique power to ignite curiosity and shape our paths in profound ways. As Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and I wrote, “One often meets successful adults, professionals, or scientists who recall that their lifelong vocational interest was first sparked by a visit to a museum. In these accounts, the encounter—with a real, concrete object from…
When we’re afraid, we often feel stuck, overwhelmed, or paralyzed. Courage, while powerful, can feel like an enormous leap we’re not ready to take. But curiosity? Curiosity is gentler. It invites us to lean in, to explore, and to ask questions. It shifts our focus from what we’re afraid of to what might be possible….
Joseph Campbell once said, “The way of the artist and the way of the mystic are very much alike, except the mystic does not have a craft.” In other words, creativity is not merely a personal tool for our projects—it’s an alignment with a higher intelligence. The creative process allows us to have a conversation…
Inner visions, creative nudges, and musings are never rational or logical. They don’t follow the rules of reason, and they rarely make sense at first glance. Yet, they whisper to us, urging us to explore something deeper and unseen. It takes courage to follow them. It takes fortitude to go against the norm and trust…
The physicist Arthur Zajonc once said that our culture needs the artist’s cognitive capacities. But what is it that poets and artists do that takes them beyond ordinary ways of knowing? What makes their thinking so essential, especially in a world that often prioritizes logic and efficiency over creativity? Perhaps it’s the artist’s willingness to…
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