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Creativity & Finding Refuge

Creativity & Finding Refuge

The novelist Thomas Wolfe titled his most famous book “You Can’t Go Home Again.” But most artistic ventures demand a return to the beginning, in some form or another. Such journeys may wander far afield, but ultimately, meaning comes about by finally discovering the...
The Artistic Ride

The Artistic Ride

What if creative malaise has crept into your life? Is it a form of illness, perhaps one of the spirit? Creative health is fundamental to our spiritual growth. It might even be an essential attribute for humanity – a quality to be viewed as akin to either physical or...
Going out on a Limb

Going out on a Limb

I was eating dinner with some close friends the other night. Their daughter attends high school in the area – a traditional academic-and-sports-oriented campus in which students’ progress is closely monitored via testing. My heart goes out to those families caught...
The Creative Teenager

The Creative Teenager

I don’t have any easy answers in this week’s post. This entry is more a set of observations that raises a fundamental question about child development. How do we cultivate a safe space for teenagers to continue with creative endeavors? Younger children need little...
Naming the Wilderness

Naming the Wilderness

In his book, “Last Child in the Woods,” Richard Louv makes a remarkable observation. He believes that children must interact with nature in order to embrace the notion of mystery. In his opinion, mystery is a fundamental quality of human development that cannot be...
Focused Relaxation

Focused Relaxation

The child development expert and coach Thanna Vickerman talks about the need for children to immerse themselves in the flow of things. Left to their own devices, children naturally fall into these moments of reverie. The expansion of their imagination takes flight in...