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Those Lovely Intangibles

This post contains affiliate links. “Look, Doris, someday you’re going to find that your way of facing this realistic world just doesn’t work. And when you do, don’t overlook those lovely intangibles. You’ll discover they’re the only things that are worthwhile.” Fred Gailey in Miracle on 34th Street We live in a materialistic world. ItContinue reading “Those Lovely Intangibles”

Stories: Not Just for Entertainment

This post contains affiliate links. “We’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.” ~ Joseph Campbell “Stories are memory aids, instruction manuals and moral compasses.” ~ Aleks Krotoski, author, broadcaster, journalist and social psychologist I’mContinue reading “Stories: Not Just for Entertainment”

Creativity is Wisdom

This post contains affiliate links “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist I am an Austrian-Californian multimedia Artist, educator, author of 5 art-related books, podcaster, coach, creative advisor and former Newport Beach CA arts commissioner. Fluent in German and English.Continue reading “Creativity is Wisdom”

Fear is Killing Us!

“The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?” ~ Psalm 27:1 “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” ~ Yoda in StarContinue reading “Fear is Killing Us!”

Feeling Two Things at Once

“Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.” ~ Joseph Campbell “When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” ~ Joseph Campbell We experienced a death in our familyContinue reading “Feeling Two Things at Once”