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…
I’ve always loved simplicity, and… my mind does a great job of complicating things. I’ve been planning a local community singing event, and I got hung up (for weeks…) thinking I needed a full band for it. And I complicate other parts of my life too—believing I need to do certain things that I really…
I grew up in a hard working Norwegian farming family in the Midwest and not surprisingly, Midwestern practicality is etched into my cells. When I walk into an art gallery, I often marvel at the amount of time someone spent gluing hundreds or thousands of tiny pieces of glass into a sculpture or creating a…
I read a blog post the other day by a well-known writer of the creative process who said he doesn’t know why anyone would want to write books anymore, because writing a blog post reaches tons of people instantly and once it’s posted, it’s done. It’s out there in the world. The reason I write…
My work with metaphor chose me; it was not my expected path in life. Through a series of experiences—harrowing, mystical, and profound—I came to be an advocate for a non-ordinary realm of profound beauty that we access through metaphor. Metaphoric images are the heart of the creative process and… I grew up in a family…
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