The realm of the imagination lies beyond social structures, institutions, academic programs, established procedures, even religion. Clients come to me blocked and what we do together is make space for creative inspiration. We tap the space that lies beyond established structures of thought.
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Talented people achieve what others can’t, but genius achieves what others can’t imagine.
In his book The World as Will and Representation, Arthur Schopenhauer wrote: Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot even see. People who are talented achieve what others can’t, but genius achieves what others can’t imagine. Genius [ Read more … ]
Breakthroughs happen when we open spaces we didn’t know existed
No matter how much we push, intend and effort, it’s clear that we don’t often have all the answers that we seek. But Something else does. We humans are brilliant when we’re aligned with Something greater than ourselves. We don’t get breakthroughs by thinking harder or better. We get breakthroughs when we open spaces we [ Read more … ]
Creative genius involves the ability to create new worlds
In an article in Newsweek “The Creativity Crisis,” Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman describe a study of people who received MacArthur genius awards. In the study, researchers discovered that MacArthur recipients spent time in their childhoods creating “paracosms,” or alternative fantasy worlds. These kids visited their fantasy worlds repeatedly, often creating their own unique languages [ Read more … ]
Breakthroughs arrive in non-rational ways.
All of us hold a vast reservoir of non-verbal, non-rational, non-cognitive wisdom. When we loosen our fixation on what we think, this other reservoir of wisdom has a chance to present itself. Truly innovative solutions require that we explore beyond what we logically know. Because breakthroughs arrive in non-rational ways. If you want to understand [ Read more … ]
