Alison Zamora

Henri Matisse: “Creativity takes courage.”

Let's be courageous.

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The goop Podcast - Cheryl Strayed on Being Brave Enough to Break Your Own Heart

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I also really always hold the letter writers in what I call unconditional positive regard. And to me, what that means at root is that I'm so not interested in judging you or condemning you or deciding that you've done a bad thing or a dumb thing, but... See more

While I could talk about the soul behind our formulas forever, there’s one emotion I’ve returned to again and again since starting Crown Affair: awe .

My friend Michael, a longtime Pixar animator, first put language to it for me. Awe is that rare emotional state where your sense of self dissolves into something larger. For me, it’s wonder and... See more

But when we allow expression (through voice, through body, through presence) we remind ourselves that emotions are not threats. They are signals.

When we shift creativity from the margins to the center of our definition of a good life, we don’t just spark more innovation — we create the conditions for a more connected, joyful, and just world.

AI Will Replace Knowledge, Not Wisdom

He believes AI will devalue surface-level knowledge and experience — and that the human edge will lie in intuition, imagination, and insight .