A year into learning to play guitar and write my own songs, a new one has emerged that gives me more of a sense of what’s possible when I give time to my creative expression.
Herbie Hancock on Miles Davis
Creativity Research
Alan Watts on Forgiveness
This is one of the best brief talks on the nature of forgiveness I have come across. And of course, Alan Watts can say it like no other. With humor, gentleness and truth. “Empathy is the art of clipping into another person’s skin. Empathy asks, “What pain gave rise to this action before me?”
Alan Watts on How to Forgive Yourself and Forgive the World
What is Reality?
The Dangers of a Single Story
The TED Talk summary for Chimamanda Adichie’s talk says it best…Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
This truth parallels what I say so often about creativity, which is the dangers of telling ourselves a single story about who we are and what’s possible for our lives.
The Transformative Power of Classical Music
With almost 17 million plays, this talk brings me to tears each and every time. Conductor Benjamin Zander has been teaching people how to listen to classical music for many decades. The way he engages the audience in this talk gets the highest marks. Worth every minute of your time for your own inspiration about what it is to be human.
https://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_the_transformative_power_of_classical_music