Art and Creativity

Containing posts discussing and commenting on the artistic and creative process, attempting to understand its various characteristics.

  • Smoldering Fire in Big Sur

    There’s mighty powerful influences around. I’m halfway through a two-day trip up Highway 1, camping out at Big Sur. Quite the quintessential Californian adventure, I must say. I’m not sure if it’s the setting or something bigger, but I’m feeling all kinds… Continue reading

  • Art by Majority, II

    Hey world, I wanted to follow-up on the last Art by Majority post and expand on the high oratory that’s been surrounding the nexus between introspection and action. In the last two council, art has come up in three issues.… Continue reading

  • Art by Majority

    After two and half years and four co-ops, I’ve noticed something interesting about co-op councils (“council” is the common term for the weekly or bi-monthly housewide meetings where the house conducts its business). There are certain kinds of topics that… Continue reading

  • Selections from “The Prophet”

    As a sort of addendum to my previous post, I thought it would be valuable to share two chapters from Khalil Gibran‘s “The Prophet.” To contextualize, the book is a collection of poems covering various facets of the human condition,… Continue reading