AI Generated Does the title ‘Impulsive Living’ make you recoil? It does to me sometimes, even now. I’ve often feared the idea of following my impulses. They sometimes feel silly or nonsensical. They sometimes fill me with fear about what might happen if I actually followed them. I think “now is not the right timeContinueContinue reading “Impulsive Living – Friend or Foe?”
Category Archives: Reflections
Unfiltered Reflections on the Creative Process
This is the result of an experiment in the creative process. Another step to understand where creativity comes from. What fuels it, how does it grow? Where do the creations come from? What does it feel like? An exploration that explored what nudity, inner fire and even the inner-algorithms of AI might teach us aboutContinueContinue reading “Unfiltered Reflections on the Creative Process”
Emotions: Driving Force of Creation
For much of my younger adult life I prided myself on what I perceived to be discipline and self control. When emotions did ‘slip’ through, they came through malformed and harsh. I believed that ‘I’m no artist’….I can still hear the piercing thought ring out as I write. I felt frustrated that I ‘had noContinueContinue reading “Emotions: Driving Force of Creation”
Is CNC Crafting Truly Handmade?
It’s funny. I used to think that if someone uses a CNC machine, a laser cutter, laser engraving tools, etc. that the creation was no longer ‘Hand Made’ but manufactured. That perspective shifted in the small span of a few days. I have had a massive creative drive as of late; see Vital Creativity ThisContinueContinue reading “Is CNC Crafting Truly Handmade?”
Vital Creativity
I very recently picked up some acrylic paint supplies to try my hand at it. I’m sure I’ll write more about this later, but lately I’ve found that any kind of artwork, good or not; feels incredibly energizing. I’ve set the intention to make a little piece of art every day, no matter how shortContinueContinue reading “Vital Creativity”
The knots we tie
I tie a knot. As I grow alive in my corporal form I twist inward on myself. Each vine reaches out to spread and expand into the light, but an inner voice rises and proclaims, “No — that makes no sense; I want to grow this way.” So the vine is turned back against itsContinueContinue reading “The knots we tie”
Unity Day?
As I sit outside, listening to the fireworks for the Fourth of July, I think: What if I shift in my mind from “we’re celebrating Independence Day” to “we’re celebrating Unity Day”? Then, what if we were to take all the different holidays that celebrate individual collectives and make them all Unity Days? We couldContinueContinue reading “Unity Day?”
Words Carry Power – A practical example
I had this interaction with my son this morning while waking him up for school. At 7:15, I called down the stairs, and he said he was good. By 7:30, he hadn’t shown up, and at 7:35, he still hadn’t arrived. I went downstairs and found him passed out; he wasn’t even answering me fromContinueContinue reading “Words Carry Power – A practical example”
A Turtle and the Four of Cups
After meditating in the forest, I was on my way back when I crossed paths with a woman walking her dog. As she approached me, I thought, “I wonder what message this person has for me.” As she approached, we glanced at each other and said our good mornings. She stopped, looked at me, andContinueContinue reading “A Turtle and the Four of Cups”
Astrology as a Language of Spirit
I had a flash of insight today while going through my journal and astrological alignments during those dates. People often ask whether the planets are sending us energy, some external force acting upon us that we need to respond to, work with, or resist. That perspective might not be entirely wrong, but the more IContinueContinue reading “Astrology as a Language of Spirit”