I sat, scrolling through Twitter one morning, reading the dark news du jour. My news feed was a car wreck of unfolding horrors, and even though my heart was racing, I remained fixated on the screen. I am so glad I did. With one swipe up with my forefinger, an image appeared that sent an electric shock through me, jolting me upright. At ...
Creativity
My Shack in Woodstock
I went up to Woodstock and just read, and read, and read, and read, for five years." ~ Joseph Campbell I think about Joseph Campbell at least once a day. The first time I read Campbell's explanation of the Hero's Journey, I was sitting on the floor in front of the fire, propped up against the sofa. I understood immediately the power of his ...
Follow Your Creation’s Lead
The question is not what you look at, but what you see." ~ Henry David Thoreau The other day I tallied up the approximate number of batches of puttanesca sauce I have made over the course of my life. I landed on somewhere around the number 3,500! By Malcolm Gladwell standards, I have hit mastery status via his (now-disputed) "10,000-hours ...
The Trauma of Unused Creativity
He sat across from me in the booth, tucked in the far end of the diner. He pushed his salad around with his fork as he spoke, keeping his gaze from meeting mine. "I wake up, and it starts. I'm pretty good about getting going and getting busy before it really lands. When I get in my car and head to work, though, it catches up to me. Driving is ...
