I met someone recently who has spent years studying social change movements all over the world. He says successful social protests OPEN UP SPACE in places where we think there isn’t any space. For example, before the Occupy movement began in 2011, economic inequality was more accepted as “just the way it is.” But, he…
The purpose of a tree is to be fruitful, not to grow straight like a telephone pole. So too, the purpose of a human is not to be perfect. The purpose of human life is to be fruitful. Try new things and experiment. Human beings are made to get messy–to create, build, tear down, and…
Playing the bass guitar changed my life. I’ve always had a yearning around music that I couldn’t identify. There was something I wanted to get to, but I had no idea what it was. Then one day, I picked up a bass guitar and started plunking around. It rocked my world. I’m not sure this…
Images are the psyche’s preferred way of operating. Whether we’re aware of it or not, our brains don’t think without images. The original and basic unit of mental activity is the image. Images are our native language. Clients come to me feeling blocked or stuck, but when they connect with the images that lay underneath…
Not knowing is the essence of creativity. I once heard the celebrated filmmaker David Lynch interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air. Host Terry Gross asked Lynch something about what he does when he makes a movie. Lynch responded that when he makes a movie, he “doesn’t really know” what he’s doing. This statement has always stayed…
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