Creativity is a word, which is used in attempts to express innovative, artful and thoughtfuldevelopment and change. The one thing that it does not express is creation. This is creation: Note that in contemporary speech, […]
French Creativity
To understand why the earth is in a mess … Coal-Fired Electrical Plant: Originally Creative, Now a Technical Model … an understanding of creativity is necessary. Similarly, to get us out of this […]
The Spiritual and Technological Roots of Individualism in the Environment, part 2
The American psychologist Abraham Maslow had some thoughts about creativity: It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is […]
The Spiritual and Technological Roots of Individualism in the Environment, part 1
Boundaries give focus. They’re also wildly frustrating. Grey Canal Trail, Bella Vista Hills A general human glance does not have boundaries like that. Neither, though, is a human glance — or human […]
First Steps Towards the New Sun
Perspective matters. Was that light playing on water? Is this, below? They are one, but only when my body and mind are one. They are different at the same time. This difference is […]
To Understand the World, Understand Prague
A people that lives in the natural world channels the natural world through the patterns of the will and in the image of human consciousness and perception (and divine will). A people […]
The Problem With Canada
Welcome to Canada. The Wild West. Tumbleweeds. Sagebrush. Wild animals in the forests. Beautiful nature. Hi-technology showplace. World class highways. Beautiful Cities. Exciting Street Life. World Class Architecture. Outdoor Recreation. Beautiful! And […]
Light and Shadow in the Grass
I promised I would show you some images of a tension I’ve noticed in Western culture. It’s a living tension, that comes in variable forms. First… Shadows of Grass on Stone … and second … Lit Grass […]
The Non-Wage Economy and Creativity
I spoke about the non-wage economy yesterday, and how it operated by trading work for the opportunity to do more work, rather than cashing out on work produced. Such an economy draws […]
A Thought on Creativity
In contemporary culture, creativity (a rather new term) is a word used to describe a vast array of impulses. The New World Encyclopedia sums it up like this: Creativity is a process involving […]
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