Quote for Today: Mitch Albom
Turn on the faucet. Wash yourself with the emotion. It won’t hurt you. It will only help. If you let the fear inside, if you pull it on like a …
Quote for Today: Neil Gaiman
There are stories that are true, in which each individual’s tale is unique and tragic, and the worst of the tragedy is that we have heard it before, and we …
Featured Artist: Sarah Collie
Welcome writer Sara Collie to Synkroniciti! Her essay, A Procedure for Moving Through Labyrinths, is an inspiring and inviting exhortation to investigate that labyrinth we find all around us and …
Look and Listen #16: Kerry James Marshall
American painter Kerry James Marshall talks about his strategy to raise his aesthetic into mainstream art, to paint the things he values in the world. What we focus on as …
Quote for Today: Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Walker-thinkers have found various ways to accommodate the gifts that their walking brings. Caught paperless on his walks in the Czech enclaves of Iowa, maestro Dvořák scribbles the string …
Quote for Today: Ray Bradbury
As soon as things get difficult, I walk away. That’s the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. If you try to approach …
Quote for Today: Buckminster Fuller
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. ―Buckminster Fuller Image: Obsolete © Andrew Malone …
Quote for Today: Josh Homme
I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chance to re-emerge. To sort of pounce out of the …
Building Creative Resilience: Strategies for Cultivating Enchantment
Adversity and boredom can strip away our joy and creativity. Can a sense of enchantment improve our resilience? Boredom © Jae with CCLicense Have you ever felt as if you were …
The Importance of Creative Darkness: Exposed Roots by Katherine McDaniel
Creative people often examine the darkness around their roots for inspiration. Is it dangerous and risky to expose these roots? Human beings often speak of the foundations of their lives as …