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If you want to be creative you will have to create the right environment to allow your imagination freedom to roam. Imagination is the essence of creativity. When we create we inspire and enchant ourselves, and hopefully others. Dreaming means opening to experience; expanding your sense of self to include possibilities you may never have… Continue reading Being Creative in a Mad World: Dreaming
‘Where are we going?’ said Pooh, hurrying after him, and wondering whether it was to be an Explore or a What-shall-I-do-about-you-know-what. ‘Nowhere,’ said Christopher Robin. So they began going there, and after they had walked a little way Christopher Robin said: ‘What do you like doing best in the world, Pooh?’ ‘Well, said Pooh, ‘what… Continue reading The Art of Doing Nothing
Colin Wilson was a prolific author, philosopher and novelist, producing over 120 books on a dizzying range of subjects. This is remarkable in itself, since early in his career, his publisher advised him to quit. Thankfully he possessed an unshakable self-belief, writing on everything from serial killers and crime, to psychology, the paranormal, UFOs, and… Continue reading A Tribute to Colin Wilson: Dreaming To Some Purpose