I’m sitting on the bench in the Laundromat doing my monthly laundry, waiting for the last of my clothes to dry. It is now only the two of us in this place. The smiling woman has draped her body across the bench and covered her face with her scarf. She is talking incessantly, and laughing without restraint. I can’t quite make out her words. Sometimes it sounds as if she’s praying, sometimes having a conversation with herself. She is not here to do laundry. She is a mirror.
The infinite creative power of Chaos
In times of Chaos, the forms we have known dissolve, releasing energy from which new forms are created. It is a creative process, but not an easy one. The point of Chaos is a fragile time, and what we do in these hours and days and months will determine whether it leads us to failure or a new way of life.
Creativity dreams in the desert
I am just back from Dubai. The city of superlatives in every form, towering above a sea of average Western franchises. This time, my most memorable moments came in my encounters with the ordinary people I met and the dreams they shared with me. Nature loves diversity, and creativity too. The Wheel of Creativity is turning.
How my mother taught me to love
I have a cupboard in my mind where I keep a collection of images from my life, and the lingering feelings that go with them. Every Mother’s Day, there is one I must take out and look at. It was the moment when everything changed – the day I learned something about love that I shall never forget.
Room to grow… how safety kills creativity
Sometimes the things we construct to protect us end up harming us in the end. Sometimes we need room to grow. And we must free ourselves from these unyielding constructions to have it.
An original egg
Several weeks ago, when I was doing my grocery shopping at Carrefour (the WalMart of France), I saw this egg in the tray. I picked it up and held it in my hand; and instantly we drew a small crowd of people who found the egg equally disturbing. “C’est bizarre” was their assessment. Well, that cinched it. I had to have it.