Every week, I get lots of suggestions from well-meaning folks of all varieties for books they think I might be interested in, videos to watch, articles, and so forth that seem related to the work that I do. I’m not surprised by this. As someone who has studied learning for the past 30+ years (yikes [ Read more … ]
Inspiration
California Writers! Upcoming class
I love working with artists and writers… AND I have a class for artists and writers coming up this weekend at Book Passage in Corte Madera, I hope you can join me! Scroll to the bottom for details. This month I spoke at the California Writers Club. It was their super fun Halloween meeting, and [ Read more … ]
The meaning of life? To align with the Deep Creative.
I got asked an impossible question a couple months ago. Nicolae Tanase, founder of the well-known “Meaning of Life” e-publication, has interviewed over 900 leaders, thinkers, writers, researchers, elders, artists, CEOs, laymen, etc. on the meaning of life, and she sent that question to me. Honestly, it seemed like too big of a question. But when [ Read more … ]
One of my favorite poems… by Maya Angelou
I’m feeling moved to share one of my favorite poem by Maya Angelou. Although she mentions “my children” in the first line of Elegy, I’ve never felt her poem was to be read literally. This poem is about our creative offspring… whatever they may be. What have we nurtured in our lives? What are we [ Read more … ]
You just have to begin
One of the biggest misnomers about creativity is that we need to have “clarity” about something before we begin. The other day I received an email that read: Every day I think about a written book, so I know it is coming. However, I do need clarity in order to bring it into manifestation. I [ Read more … ]