Occasionally, I encounter people who confidently describe themselves as good writers. This always makes me pause—not because they aren’t smart, creative, or thoughtful, but because being “good at writing” is such a nuanced and subjective thing. Having spent years reading graduate papers, dissertations, and editing books, I’ve come to believe that good writing isn’t about…
Ivanka Trump was widely panned for suggesting that busy mothers should get regular massages, because for many of us that’s just not realistic. I myself, have never been into meditating. And if I don’t like something, I’m not going to end up doing it. A friend says that people always tell her to slow down,…
Picasso famously said that every act of creation begins with an act of destruction. We live within a creative process…a creative process that is continually destroying and transforming our man-made things, relationships, and institutions. It’s as if the Universe is in a continual process of “making” and we are its ingredients. We’re part of the…
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…
I’ve worked directly with metaphor for 30 years, both professionally and personally, and there’s one image that has never let me go: I’m a plant rooted in rich, fertile soil. On a personal level, when I don’t know what to do or something in life is troubling me, all I need is to open myself…
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