Creativity calls for truth telling. “A lot of growing up is learning to shift the responsibility from the other to the self.” ~ Brian Koppelman (from his interview on The Tim Ferriss Show) “The word integrity (from integer) means ‘wholeness.’ Living in integrity means expressing and doing what’s true for you in all situations. Depart from…
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Finding Yourself Again: Creativity and the Beginning of Remembering
Sometimes creativity is about finding yourself, again and again — each new beginning a remembering. “somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyondany experience, your eyes have their silence:in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,or which i cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look easily will unclose methough i have…
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Shift Your Story to Create a New Self
“Who would you be without your story?”~ Byron Katie Mom tapped the side of the spoon on the edge of the saucepan, knocking off excess tomato paste and said, “Well, you know, Susie, you are a survivor.” I was 16, and I took this as a supreme compliment—a badge of honor. I didn’t know what…
How Being “Too Sensitive” Makes Your Art, Life & Business Remarkable
Being too sensitive is a superpower. “Tish is sensitive, and that is her superpower. The opposite of sensitive is not brave. It’s not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and that’s no badge of honor.” ~ Glennon…
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The Structure of How to Surrender
Even if we understand the value of letting go, giving in, and stopping the fight in the creative process, we often don’t know how to surrender. “Every born Wayfinder goes through stages of self-realization:loneliness, striving, disappointment, surrender, release,and then the slow awakening to a world where magic is realand miracles commonplace. The journey is worth…
Regaining Your Sense of Wonder: Creativity as a Heavenly Body
Your sense of wonder and awe will lead you back to creativity, even in the most chaotic times. “When it’s over, I want to say: all my lifeI was a bride married to amazement.I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it’s over, I don’t want to wonderif I have made of…
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