Tag Archives: creativity

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”

The Downside of Being Self-Employed

I love being self-employed, and yet, I have to admit that sometimes I get an idea for a new project and go headlong into creating it before I have the last one completed, or at least up and running smoothly. In April I started a Patreon Community. Then I went on a three week vacationContinue reading “The Downside of Being Self-Employed”

Stop Wondering, KNOW

Amy is a status quo challenger who’s been intuitively reading energy since she saw a yogi floating outside her classroom window at age 7. She’s a public speaker, writer, and founder of the Wisdom Gathering, an event for the deep thinkers, the secretly sensitive, and those seeking to gain inspiration and clarity through self-discovery and intuition. Continue reading “Stop Wondering, KNOW”

What Writing Has Taught Me

“I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.”Continue reading “What Writing Has Taught Me”