Holography, Enfolding and Creativity

Why You've Landed Here on my Old Blog

2010-02-27T21:13:00.006-05:00

Most of the friends I visit using links from our favorite photo memes use Blogger. If you've landed here it's because I'm getting too many Open ID errors from Blogger. Please click on the link below to visit my active photo blog, I'd love to have your comments.

The Aware Writer.

A Date with My Dragon on a Spring Day

2009-05-08T16:52:00.002-04:00

We went for a ride on my bicycle today. Naturally I did all the work while my dragon rode along perched on my shoulder. What a glorious day! Bright sunshine and 72 degrees after a week of feeling like Noah stuck in his ark watching the rain through the portholes.

We sucked in the clean spring air (at least I did, especially pedalling uphill), and inhaled the wonders of spring: fire red azaleas, dogwood trees spreading their arms wide, pink and white blossoms drinking the sunlight. We passed freshly plowed fields, ready for planting, carpets of green cornfields where the young growth would barely tickle an elephant's (or a dragon's) ankle. So green and fresh and new.

When we turned onto Jackson Road, I looked for the rooster that loves to ride on the goat's back but they weren't in sight today. First time I saw them I nearly fell off my bike.

When we got home, my dragon took a nap while I cut the grass. That's because he was content. We both had our fill. We both recharged. We're ready to play now.

Daydreams & Dragons

2009-05-07T11:59:00.001-04:00

Your dragon creates castles from the air, conjures fire from a sunrise, and tears from starlight (or starlight from tears).

Your dragon's appetite is insatiable, always hungry, ever eager for more. Can you picture a skinny dragon? Imaging for a moment a dragon trapped within a person who doesn't believe, who doesn't see -- no wonder their dragon sleeps.

Your dragon needs food. Your dragon sees through your eyes, listens with your ears, touches with your hands, feels the breezes on your face, savors the food you eat...

Go forth into your physical world. Relish the moment, share the food of your senses with your dragon. He or she will reward you with fantastic daydreams.

Poem: What Will I Write?

2009-05-05T11:41:00.001-04:00

The page so white and pure
My heart fills with dread

My pen is clogged
I'll write tomorrow

My Dragon Just Winked at Me

2009-05-01T14:06:00.006-04:00

When my dragon winked at me, I knew it was time to tell you about my dragon and ask you about yours.

What? You don't think you have a dragon? Ouch. My dragon just poked me in the ribs. Gently of course. He reminded me that people don't have dragons, we are dragons. Honest. Don't believe me? Ask your dragon.

We are all see, hear, touch, taste, prove it to me logical beings. Our logical self knows that dragons can't exist. How could they? It's not logical. Of course it isn't logical. Logic mystifies dragons. Dragons are emotional beings and find words difficult.

They talk to us in pictures, music, and ideas that seem to pop into our heads out of nowhere. Now you know where all those neat ideas and dreams come from.

Your dragon never judges, but you can always tell when you are in sync because you feel (remember that dragons are emotional beings) happy, excited, content. When you're sad or angry, it means that you and your dragon are disconnected.

Stop. Don't take your phone off the hook. Dragons love to play. They love to play with us and with other dragons. When we pretend our dragons don't exist. When we ignore them, they don't get mad, they just go to sleep.

Remember when you were a kid and you played with your dragon all the time? As we grow up, adults tell us to be practical. When we believe them (instead of our dragons -- dragons never lie) our dragons doze off into a fitful slumber.

Sometimes your dragon will open one eye and you'll have a sudden insight, but you might not know where it came from. I know my dragon is awake because he winked at me (honest) and poked me in my virtual ribs.

He told me that dragons are social. They love people, especially other dragons. You know that feeling you get when you meet someone and you like them immediately? That's your dragon and their dragon making contact.

Think about this one. My dragon and I were playing and we decided that marriage isn't a partnership after all, it's a quartet. What does your dragon think of this idea?

When you write or engage in any creative activity, where do you think your best ideas come from? There's no such thing as writer's block. When you don't know what to write it's because you aren't listening to your dragon.

Poem: Ideas

2009-04-20T13:45:00.000-04:00

A great hawk
I watch and wait
searching
spiraling on thermals of insight

A great hawk
I thunder silently
plunging
impaling the unwary

A great hawk
I stretch my wings
climbing
dripping the blood of ideas

A great hawk
I settle to ground
quietly
devouring in delight

A great hawk
I watch and wait
searching
riding my hunger

Poetry: Learn to be Light

2008-12-23T14:12:00.003-05:00

Learn to be light.

Become the dawn.
Slip and slide
through shutters and cracks.
Light the mind.
Warm the soul.

When twilight brings night,
bright flames burn
alive in the dark.
Erase the night.

Learn to be light.

Creative Dreaming: Where Do Your Daydreams Take You?

2008-10-26T19:09:00.000-04:00

If you've ever suddenly come to your senses while driving alone and wondered how you got there, or reached for the soap in the shower and thought to yourself, didn't I already do this? -- you're wandering in a daydream. Don't worry, you're normal. We all do it.

Where do you go on your mind wandering journeys?

Do you long for the good old days? Do you climb into the way-back machine to revisit pleasant memories from your childhood, or the day you first met your spouse? The past can be a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.

If you find yourself constantly returning to past mistakes and hurts, you might be stuck in yesterday. Bill Harris, founder of The Centerpointe Research Institute says in his First Principles, "Let whatever happens be OK." That's great advice. You can't change the past, so why let it make you miserable today? Let go and get on with your life.

Do you find yourself going over the tasks ahead or cataloging your day? It's a great way to stay ahead of the game. Or do you time travel into the future to worry about what might happen (but probably won't)? Be easy and quit worrying. Have you ever thought you might be creating your future in your daydreams?

Do your daydreams take you far into the future, playing at what if, creating your ideal life? Do you fantasize, imagining the perfect mate or the ideal job? Focus on your dreams - often. They might just come true.

Daydream without preconceptions. Simply let your mind wander like a leaf drifting downstream or a bee flitting from flower to flower. It's easy. Just take your paddle out of the water and let your thoughts go. If you're like most people, wonderful, creative ideas will pop into your head when you least expect them. Nurture them and keep coming back for more.

Our minds are amazing. Whenever we don't have a definite task in front of us, our thoughts wander. You can build a better future, relive pleasant times or talk with your muse. But, your daydreams can be like quicksand that suck you down into unpleasant memories, or constant worrying.

Nurture your daydreams. Allow them to enfold you in a sea of creative ideas.

Holography, Enfolding and Creativity: A Journey of Becoming

2008-10-25T10:48:00.000-04:00

Life enfolds at the intersections of people and their ideas. We exist to grow, to become who we really are. We never stop becoming. Life is a creative journey. Indeed, in the words of Abraham, "becoming is the deliciousness of life."

I want to explore our creativity, what creativity means and what we do with it. How we grow and what that growth looks like. I first thought I'd call my blog "Community Creativity," but that didn't satisfy. Yes, it's part but not enough. When I pulled Michael Talbot's "The Holographic Universe" from my bookshelf and began to read, I knew I had the answer. I read this book years ago, but this time...

I knew how to frame my blogging journey. "Holography, Enfolding and Creativity" asks questions I'm interested in exploring. Where will I [we] go on our journey? The destination isn't important, in fact, the destination doesn't matter at all. Let's ship our oars and flow downstream together. Let's enjoy the journey as we become something more together.