Today I swam in the English Channel, and she shared her creative harvest with me. Harvest is the final station of the Wheel of Creativity, which describes life as a creative journey to which we are each called by our hunger for something more. From the first station (Hunger) to the last (Harvest), our responses determine the quality of our crops. And this is where we always have a choice.
A Moment is a Treasure
Life can be magic. And for those of us who are fortunate enough to be in the place to think about that, let us not fail to do so.
The Blue Balloon: Consciously Creating your Effect on the World
I’m not sure exactly when I spotted it, but there among the tourists, locals and Saturday workers was a small blue balloon, caressing the bricks of the sidewalk as it floated along. I observed its effect on the world around it. And that made me think of how similar we humans are. Is not our effect on the world made possible by our sense of separation from it?
Life is a Creative Adventure: A Profile
This morning, again, I find myself deeply touched by the creative adventure that life is… from the cradle to the grave. Each day, as I make my pilgrimage to be baptized in the sea, I am privileged to be present for the testimony of another personal story to the beauty of being alive. This morning, there are two.
Wheel of Creativity Summer Survey Results
I’ve been interested for some time in our assumptions about creativity, where we learn them, and how they define us. Here are the results from an online survey posing eight questions on the matter. If you’d like to learn a bit more about yourself and the creative process, the survey’s still up. Or just visit my blog for the results to date.
What is Creativity: Transforming Suffering into Light
With music as his “weapon of choice,” Emmanuel Jal is doing the real work of the artist in society, transforming his suffering into light. But this work is not for the artist alone. It is for us all. For we all suffer. And the world is in need of light.