Dynamic Emergence: Flying Your Creative Soul
Personal, Planetary, and Social, Evolution.
Clare recently gave this talk about the Foundation for Mind-Being Research.
Please find a video slideshow of the whole talk – video will be posted as soon as it is available. Please check back in a few days.
Recently I gave a talk at Foundation for Mind-Being Research. It was called ‘Consciousness, from an Artist’s Perspective’. It feels important to share with you the aspect where I really dial in to what Artists actually do for our collective consciousness. Further down the article you will see the particular slides that relate to this subject. I start by sharing my own background and influences. I grew up in a family of engineers, sports, lots of reading, my dog William (!), TV (like so many others), healthy family meals, school and, perhaps most importantly, the influence of hours spent roaming in Epping Forest, Essex (‘Epping Forest’ song included below), and contemplating on the stony beach of Aldeburgh, Suffolk: Two landscapes, portals from the known to the unknown, that shaped my soul in the most precious of ways.
Please find below a slideshow highlighting the Artist’s perspective, with some individually commented on, below:
By definition, ambition is ‘a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.’ 1 or ‘to seek after earnestly; aspire to.’ 2
A lot of people associate ambition as perhaps a slightly distasteful habit as it can bring out an aggressive side of our nature – at least that can be our fear. In the world of business that is considered a good thing, a desirable trait for those that want to ‘get ahead’. But, ‘get ahead’ of what? The rest of us losers!?! I think not. I think we have been fed a story, a story that would have us believe that it is important to climb over people, including ourselves, in order to achieve the great heights of fame, iconicism and business success – commonly referenced by peer recognition and measured by fiscal wealth. [Read more…]