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5 ways to navigate uncertainty and learning

October 5, 2022

We learn when we connect with something in a way that holds meaning for us, we learn. Here’s how to navigate the uncertainty. 1. identify what interests you 2. show up and be present 3. practice discernment 4. stay true to yourself 5. trust yourself. trust the process. Learning is courageous because it takes us [ Read more … ]

Questions that inspire critical thinking

September 28, 2022

CRITICAL THINKING is often confused with finding things to disagree with. Perhaps the word “critical” is what gets in our way. Actually, critical thinking is more about depth: critical thinkers look under issues and state truths that haven’t been spoken: What are the larger ramifications of this discussion? What are the motivations and belief systems [ Read more … ]

What art teaches us

August 5, 2022

ART…. 1. TEACHES US HOW TO RESIST FORCES THAT MUTE OUR LIGHT. Art shows us how to resist forces that teach passivity and acquiescence. 2. EXPRESSES IDEAS that can’t be expressed any other way. 3. TAKES US SOMEWHERE. We’re moved beyond where we were a moment before. 4. CREATES NEW WORLDS. Art allows us to [ Read more … ]

5 secret gifts of the arts

July 5, 2022

Personal Growth: 5 Secret Gifts of the Arts 1. The arts give us experiences of depth and insight that we can’t get from other sources. 2. The arts teach us how to work within a material. All art forms employ some means through which inner images and visions can become real. 3. Through their capacity [ Read more … ]

5 qualities of right-brain learning.

July 2, 2022

  HEART WISDOM. Profoundly meaningful and deep. We are connected to ourselves, one another, and the earth. NON-LINEAR. The creative doesn’t move the way we expect it to move and answers don’t arrive the way we expect them to. ASYNCHRONOUS. The solutions are separate from the problem. SIMPLE. Understanding is simple and elegant. It’s not [ Read more … ]

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