In yesterday’s class, I gave students the task of going out into the University community and finding: a) something visual that catches your eye (it can be as simple as a color), and b) some piece of writing or a phrase (such as an EXIT sign). A couple students came back with the phrase Seeing [ Read more … ]
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Using Everything
Lately, I keep thinking of the Spanish word aprovechar, which means to make good use of something. When I have difficulty with a particular class or project, I can view it as an opportunity to use whatever is there to the best of my ability, not trying to push beyond. I will make good use [ Read more … ]
Having a conversation with the Gods
I started a new class at the Sophia Center yesterday. I always emphasize that it’s about creative process, rather than creative product. We can all live in a rich, creative process, and in fact, in my not-so-humble opinion, living in a way where we’re deeply connected to our creative process is the only way to [ Read more … ]
Giving Birth to Beauty
To create is always to learn, to begin over,to begin at zero. — Matthew Fox In John O’Donohue’s book The Invisible Embrace of Beauty, O’Donohue mentions St. Thomas Aquinas, who believed that beauty was the perfection of a thing. “To know a thing is to awaken to its depth, complexity and presence.” According to Aquinas, [ Read more … ]
Going With
I’ve been nervous lately. My psychic friends tell me it’s because of the eclipse. I’ve been holding a vision for the past year and it seems to be time to step forward and act on the vision. Gulp. Today I saw the movie, A Man Named Pearl. It’s the story of Pearl Fryar, a sharecropper’s [ Read more … ]
