Science is an endless process. It builds on itself. But just like life, science means nothing if the fruits of its efforts aren’t shared with others.
Read MoreDAYS AT SEA
The goals of these explorers are to advance scientific knowledge about life on earth, but the silent by-product is to prove that they’re actually alive themselves.
Read MoreWHAT A DAY FOR A DAYDREAM
Daydreams generally mean that you’ve suspended concerted effort for a moment, that you’re awake but dreaming. Amid the churn and bustle and actual competition for viable neurons these days, I find that suspending conscious effort for a few minutes is a rare thing. How bizarre: I have to consciously work at keeping my brain from working!
Read MoreTHE SOUNDS WE HEAR
Don’t just be an accountant: be an elegant, insightful, artful one. Don’t simply restock the shelves at the grocery store: find subtle, nuanced ways to think about what you’re doing and then do it well. Mundane jobs are not without the potential for elegant expressions. Perception is the first part of understanding something, and transformation of those perceptions is the work of authentic creativity.
Read MoreBRIGHT LIGHT
In Prince we experienced the self actualized creative person we dreamed we all might be even if his style wasn’t our own. He transfixed us with a kaliedescopically variable self-invention and creative output that never seemed to grow stale.
Read MoreRAINY DAY
Rainy days often insulate my thoughts. They’re full of potential, of opportunity. They have an inherent romance to them, saturated with feeling. A rainy day helps contain free associations, concentrate focus, bring outward views inward.
Read MoreTHE THINGS THAT KILL CREATIVE SOULS
Taxes are not the problem in and of themselves, and yet, to an creative person, the act of preparing taxes is a psychic exsanguination.
Read MoreTHE MUSICIAN WHO STOPS TIME
At its most successful, music suspends time. That means music can even manage to suspend your endless to-do list.
Read MoreA RESPONSE TO TERRORISM
Terror and distrust are at the root of inequalities; they are not the result. Self-interested tribalism is the greatest threat to humanity's future. We lose our collective grip on noble dreams because we grasp instead at ordinary survival, and we are then faced with a choice. In the face of terror we are either the engine of perpetuation or we are the engine of change.
Read MoreTHE MAGIC WORDS
To realize that something seemingly ordinary might have embedded notes for something extraordinary, you have to pay attention.
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