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Ursula Le Guin, An Appreciation
Writer Ursula Le Guin died on January 22, 2018; she was 88. She believed that the imagination is "the single most useful tool humankind possesses." She certainly proved that to be true, turning the …
Life as a Work of Art
Zen Wisdom
The creative process, like a spiritual journey, is intuitive, nonlinear, and experiential. It points us toward our essential nature, which is a reflection of the boundless creativity o…
Prejudice Against Creativity
By Elías Viveros
Every one of us lives in a culture that is different, but I am practically sure that, between all of them, there is a common factor. Most people have a full life based on a seri…
Fertility Ritual for Creativity
At the end of our Forgiveness salon, I asked my guests for suggestions of what rituals they wanted to explore next. A writer in the group asked for a fertility ritual for creativity. That really cau…
Free to Choose
The freedom to choose one option over another is the source of democracy and consumerism. We like to tell ourselves that we can determine our destiny by the choices we make. But as Sophia Rosenfeld …
Embracing Boredom
Whenever I think about boredom, I tend to picture a lousy and negative state of mind that brings me down. In an article for bbc.com, David Robson points out that research on this behavior has found …
Creation in the Face of Adversity
By Ameena Naqvi for KidSpirit's Creation and Destruction issue.
The universe is comprised of the two fundamental ideas of creation and destruction. They are the essence of all societies, and whil…
A Prayer for New Audiences for Visual and Performing Arts
Dear Evolving God, we are so grateful that you love creativity and are still making masterpieces: the universe is a work in progress. Help us to see and appreciate the diversity, beauty, and transfo…
Children's Spirituality
On the 10th anniversary of her acclaimed children's book God's Paintbrush, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso talks about children's spirituality and what parents can do to nurture it.
An Interview with Barbara Sukowa
The actress talks about playing Hildegard of Bingen in the film Vision.