Imagination allows us to break through habitual ways of perception and patterns of behavior. It lets us see the world as if it could be otherwise. Our imaginations offer us space—space to dream, to explore, and to expand beyond the boundaries of what we currently know. When you open your imagination, when you begin to…
When I was 26, I was involved in a head-on collision on a rural highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I was flown by air ambulance to the Mayo clinic in Minnesota. I had fractured T-12 and displaced my spinal chord by 40 degrees. The doctors at the Mayo Clinic gave me less than…
Just finished reading Patti Smith’s book Just Kids. It’s been on my shelf for awhile and I’m so glad I finally got to it. The book is very inspiring… she’s a great writer and has had a fascinating life. Her relationship with Mapplethorpe was instructive about how we can truly create space for one another…
Imagination is inherently subversive because it operates beyond the limits of social conditioning. It doesn’t follow rules, respect boundaries, or conform to the structures of society. Instead, imagination asks, What if? It invites us to see beyond the way things are and dream of how they could be. This is why imagination has always been…
In the physical sciences, we operate within a framework of measurements, data, and quantifiable truths. We assume that what can be measured is the only world we know. But creativity belongs to a different domain altogether—a realm beyond numbers and tangible proof. This ‘Other World’ is not governed by logic or measurement. Instead, it flows…
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