conversational creativity
creativity is but an unfolding conversation
conversational creativity
Humans aren’t meant to excavate their inner feelings until they find their “true self.” We become ourselves in relation, not through introspection.
Laura London on Substack
I believe that at the heart of everyone’s body of work there is a Defining Question: an unanswerable, deep-seated question that we hold subconsciously from the time it is seeded in our youth.
I also believe that alongside that question is an ache. Our exploration of our Defining Question is our attempt to soothe the... See more
the last line in many respects is the essence of the poet’s work, to work with the questions ‘that have no right to go away’ in the life of an individual, in the life of a relationship or marriage, and in our collective conversations in an increasingly fraught, worldwide society.
David Whyte • David Whyte
The late eighteenth-century Hasidic master Rebbe Nachman of Breslov teaches us, “If you want to return to God you must make yourself into a new creation. You can do this with a sigh.”9
Adina Allen • The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom
conversations are coordination games but with social capital. if neither person is willing to risk any status loss by showing their cards, you end up in an awkward small talk deadlock that's most always worse for both parties
Kamal Sabran • Orpheas on Substack
Although many have tried many times, it is not really possible to command scenius into being. Every start up company, or university would like their offices to be an example of scenius. The number of cities in the world hoping to recreate the scenius of Silicon Valley is endless, but very few have achieved anything close. Innumerable art scenes
... See moreKevin Kelly • Scenius, or Communal Genius
Yin is allowing energy to flow where it will, without interference.
Yang is driving energy where it otherwise wouldn’t go.