In order to succeed in the contemporary world, young people need more than knowledge. They need understanding – about how life works – and wisdom – about how to get through it in one piece. A chasm has developed in learning, and understanding and wisdom have fallen in. Education today is intensely active; but activity is only half the equation; receptivity is the other half.
Eat Pray Love Create
The ultimate creative adventure is being alive. Far deeper than the work of a professional elite or the amateur pastime of the masses, creativity is a force as natural as breathing. Either we learn to allow it to flow, or it costs us our lives.
Resurrection of the Senses: This Creative Life
It’s Easter Sunday, and I decided to go for a walk. Down the quiet tree-covered lane I like to walk, with Life as my close companion, resurrecting me by the senses. Wherever you are today, your world is rich, and your senses are hungry. Unplug. And feed them.
All the days of our lives… Creating Relationship
Four years ago today, I donned a long ivory dress, mounted a horse named Convict and rode across a wide Texas pasture to the man I was about to marry. I was 52 years old, and it was my first and only wedding.
Creativity in the Kitchen: Baking the Bread of Life.
Every one of us has a variety of ingredients in our cupboard: talents, sensitivities, experiences, insecurities, the stuff we make our lives of. Knowing what to do with them makes the difference. Bake the bread.
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 12.
It is Christmas Day. Whether you worship Jesus as the Son of God, honor him as a great prophet, or question his existence, the message of his birth offers us all a powerful promise.