Being Creative in a Mad World: Learning
To be creative means to be open to life and curious about what’s going on and why. If you want to create something meaningful you must educate yourself: demand to know everything there is to know, whether about the world around you or the world inside you. Don’t rely on the establishment or status quo… Continue reading Being Creative in a Mad World: Learning
Spiritual Advice for Budding Mystics
This wise advice comes from The Mystic Heart by Wayne Teasdale. It’s aimed at the young in particular, but contains truths and guidance everybody can embrace no matter what stage of the journey they’re on. 7 ways to support yourself on the spiritual path: 1. You are responsible for your own spiritual path “You must… Continue reading Spiritual Advice for Budding Mystics
Being Creative in a Mad World: Looking
To be creative you must pay attention to the world around you. Creativity is born out of an interest in life and other people. Turn your gaze outward. Search out the telling detail, ready for the moment the mask drops and the truth is revealed. People watching is a favourite inspiration, but sometimes depressing. You… Continue reading Being Creative in a Mad World: Looking
The Story Behind Libra
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Being Creative in a Mad World: Rebelling
True creativity happens right on the edge of rebellion, on the edge of chaos. This is where life functions at its best: at a point of dynamic equilibrium. Always changing, always transforming into something else. It is impossible to be alive and avoid transformation. Life always seeks to renew and expand, spread out and master… Continue reading Being Creative in a Mad World: Rebelling
The Story Behind Virgo
Being Creative in a Mad World: Affirming
Living creatively means being you. Who else are you going to be, if not yourself? Whose life are you going to live, if not your own? Affirming means saying yes to being here and being alive. To be creative you must make manifest who you are through your creativity, and you do that by giving… Continue reading Being Creative in a Mad World: Affirming
Being Creative in a Mad World: Acting
To be creative you must act. Creativity is meaningless if it isn’t acted upon and made real. If you do nothing, you’ve got nothing. You become what you do. In the face of the immensity of the universe and overwhelmed by your own smallness, it’s easy to believe you are insignificant. You work to create… Continue reading Being Creative in a Mad World: Acting
The Story Behind Leo
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Being Creative in a Mad World: Encountering
Encountering means confronting life and yourself. This isn’t an aggressive confrontation with lots of bared teeth and frowning. It is non-demanding – more like an embrace. But not clinging, not a death grip. It’s about giving your creativity space to breathe, holding it in your mind and letting it be. You do without doing. In… Continue reading Being Creative in a Mad World: Encountering
Jessica Davidson 