The poetic couturiers of religious traditions (theologians, prophets, mystics) are master stylists with clever techniques for fitting and shaping their most cherished abstractions onto the thick, meaty body of life in (as we often glibly name it) “the world.” As … Continue reading
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” — William Wordsworth – “With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.” — William Wordsworth – … Continue reading
“And if you should ever reach this cloud [of unknowing], and dwell and work in it as I am telling you, then, just as this cloud of unknowing is above you, between you and your God, so you will need … Continue reading
Creation and the act of creativity is a continuous process that works within and through us all. It is only man himself who perceives the barriers to his own intuitive creative spirit. When one feels separate one is disconnected from … Continue reading
” Something of the light that blazes invisible within the abysses of its normally opaque materiality breaks forth, with an increasing uproar. The dreadful mutilations are then seen as shadows, only, of an imminent, imperishable eternity; time yields to glory; … Continue reading
‘ Having realised that it is the great, all-pervading Atman that sees the objects in the dream and the waking state, the wise man does not grieve’ Katha Upanishad (IV.4) Art and Consciousness. As artists working in the field of … Continue reading
Transmedia Thinking in an Internet of Things. Yesterday I was being interviewed about a recent project and we touched on the subject of transmedia and the concept of transmedia storytelling. What is transmedia storytelling? The term appears in theories of … Continue reading
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“Consider a desert, barren and empty,then rain comes and then the water gives existence to the once lifeless plain, and, oh, what life can come from the sky above. Just as the rain gives life to the desert, we … Continue reading
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