New piece on Hephaestus for The Creativity Post-check it out!

http://www.creativitypost.com/arts/hephaestus_and_how_brokenness_contributes_to_creativity

 

Thoughts on Aphrodite

My own recent creative dry spell has had me thinking about the nature of the dry spell, and how to escape it's clutches. In my meditations on the issue, I began thinking about Aphrodite, and what her story might have to teach us about the impact of dryness on creating...

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Creative Dry Spells and the Orphic Descent

Hello Friends, I've been in a bit of a creative dry spell lately, which is unusual for me. It has inspired me to go back through some of my earlier writing and see if I can re-inspire myself with my own work. I did find an interesting bit in a paper I wrote on Orpheus...

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New Class on Creativity and Myth

Over the past few months, I've been thinking and reading a lot on myth, embodiment, creativity and innovation in preparation for the trip to Greece that I'm co-leading in October (detailed information here). I've also had many requests for a summer class on creativity...

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