On Slowness
— Slow is “in.” And for good reasons —
These days, the term slow suffers a number of negative connotations. Industrialism, globalization,
Creativity vs. Commerce
Creativity is spiritual, personal, and irrational. Commerce is profane, collective, and statistical. But need the duality be so extreme?
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The Happiness Issue
— Is materialism bad for one’s emotional well-being? —
While reviewing thousands of psychology studies performed over the past six decades,
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Three Candles for Soul Shelter’s Cake!
— For it’s a jolly good blog-oh … —
This month we ring in Year Number Three for Soul Shelter! Hard to
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Entrepreneurial Soul and Business DNA
— It’s not about you —
Derek Sivers had a problem.
As the leader of a successful touring band, he needed a
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Poverty, the Pulitzer, and the Long Road of Luck
— Praise and profit came late, but Cormac McCarthy never missed them —
The much-anticipated film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s 2007
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You’ve Gotta Jump
—Few things in life are truly risky—
“I can’t. I’m scared.”
Skyler Dunn, three years older and infinitely wiser, looked at me
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The Soulful Coolness of Leonard Cohen
— “We’re so lucky to be alive at the same time Leonard Cohen is.”–Lou Reed —
Not everyone can appreciate Leonard
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The World According to Tharp
—Twyla Tharp reminds us that “being creative is not a once-in-a-while sort of thing.”—
The Creativity/Inspiration genre can be problematic, tending
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Accepting a Digitized World
— After which I embark on a Soul Shelter sabbatical —
Thanks to my twelve-year-old son’s craving for action flicks, in
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John Dewey: What Resists Us Helps Us
(This post is an installment of CommonSensical)
Last week I presented some ideas concerning restriction as a creative catalyst, and touched
