Everywhen can teach us important lessons about our creative journeys too. If we approach our creativity as a process, we become stuck with a beginning, middle and end. Outcomes and finish lines become the purpose of the process. However, what happens if we approach our creativity with an everywhen mentality? The journey of creating becomes
Balance at rest, encompasses mindfulness, the slowing of racing thoughts and intentional deep breaths, but it is so much more. Balance at rest is radical creativity.
Creativity and Curiosity go hand in hand. The more we can replace certainty with curiosity, the more our creativity can develop and flourish
Recently I took a week-long fast from reading. Let me tell you, it is hard. In all truthfulness I slipped a couple of times and found myself scrolling for a few minutes “just to check in on my closest friends.” I also found myself halfway through a news article that popped up on my phone … Read more
When we are censoring our own creative expression, or those of others, we begin to decimate our humanity. Just like the napalm that was dropped out of planes during the Vietnam War to burn off the jungle, censorship kills our humanity.
As I was taking a shower the other day, I was looking at the hideous tiles in our desperately needs to be renovated bathroom. The accent border tile that was endemic to all Australian bathrooms of the 90’s is a blue and white beach motif that has been screen printed onto cheap white porcelain tiles. I am … Read more
If you held a dandelion in one hand and a Faberge egg in the other, which one would you treasure? Probably the priceless Faberge egg. It would be so treasured it may be put in a glass box on tall shelf where it can be admired, but kept safe. Alternatively it could be of such … Read more
We are all aware of the idea of seasons. Everywhere we look on planet earth and the galaxies of outer space we see rhythm of seasons play out. Flowers bloom, then die, then bloom again. On a galactic level, stars are born and shine bright then eventually fade away. The timeline of these seasons can … Read more
When you think back, how many people can you name from your past? One-hundred? Maybe five- hundred? If you included celebrities and people of influence could you maybe remember one- thousand? I imagine that most of us would struggle to remember even a couple hundred. Of those hundred, how many would remember you? In one … Read more
If there is one lesson I could gift to all people it would be the understanding of The myth of the Peacock and the realities of the Octopus. It is a simple idea that has far reaching consequence. The Peacock is how an idea lives in your mind. The moment after an idea is sparked it begins … Read more