Back on the last Father's Day my eldest son gifted me with a gift that has caused me just a bit of consternation... StoryWorth. I chided him at the time because it seemed backwards at the time. He gave me a gift where I did all of the work and…
This is the great and terrifying truth about the creative life: Anything we make — all this longing for beauty and meaning, all these reckonings and raptures, these most passionate and personal fragments of being — is just a tiny seed compacting everything we are, blown into the wind that…
Sometimes when I'm just watching a random string of videos on YouTube on the living room TV something catches my attention... That's what happened with Trout and Coffee. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCJc4pVXpmo0XfM5bv7ZZOcfK6wOJrbB5 I am not sure what it was that pulled me in to these videos... it could have been the story... or…
Instead of mythological creatures and gods spread across the bowl of the heavens, these stars tell human stories...
For many of us, the return of Zen conjures up images of rock gardens and gently flowing waterfalls. We think of mindfulness and meditation, immersion in a state of being where meaning is found through simplicity. Zen lore has been absorbed by Western practitioners and pop culture alike, yet there…
Clearing the Mind for Creativity “In the beginner’s mind,” the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki once wrote, “there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind, there are only a few.” The implication for Suzuki was that all that is new originates from a mind free of preconceptions. Here, in this brief…
Now this looks interesting. Harnessing the power of your dreams to drive your creativity. I'm adding it to my Wish List for next Christmas now. Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity ISBN13: 9780470922224 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy…
Patterns of Creativity by Merlin Mann This is one of the best talks I've heard in a while about creativity...He may call himself a pretender but I think he's on to something... Related articles by Zemanta Macworld Pulse: Merlin Mann (macworld.com) Twyla Tharp, on Failing Well (43folders.com) The High Cost…
