Category: Creativity, Consciousness & The Arts

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The creative arts are a mirror for the Unconscious, reflecting the hidden landscapes of the inner world. Here, we navigate the intersection of creative expression and the Unconscious mind, moving beyond traditional criticism to honor art, film, and music as vital paths of self-inquiry. By engaging with the imaginal, we transform the act of creation into a profound ritual of personal transformation and soul-making.

  • Ode to Mathematical Functions

    Ode to Mathematical Functions

    A sonnet I wrote mid-audit.

  • Quoting Annie Dillard

    Quoting Annie Dillard

    One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. — Annie Dillard

  • Anniversary

    Anniversary

    Choosing to face the blank page and write my 1500-2000 words a day became an act of obedience, and ultimately of love for the person I struggled to love more than any other, which was me.

  • Writer

    Writer

    “I’m a writer,” I declare. It makes me laugh, because I’m walking in a pasture and I haven’t published anything in eight years. I don’t write. How can I be a writer?

  • When the Muse is Silent

    When the Muse is Silent

    “There is a muse, but he’s not going to come fluttering down into your writing room and scatter creative fairy-dust all over your typewriter or computer station.” Stephen King

  • Dumbledore is Gay, and I’m Mad

    Dumbledore is Gay, and I’m Mad

    It seems that she waited until after the very last book was published before revealing that Dumbledore is gay. Poor Dumbledore, in the closet all that time. Why, she even had him die with his secret.