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I’m afraid Gus at A Pagan’ Blog mistook my thoughts on his “spirituality and buying local” for criticism.  Quite the contrary, I was admiring and agreeing with his insight on spiritual connection coming from the world around us – not in terms of what we buy or what we have, but who we are within…

If this isn’t the divine spark emanating from a human body, I don’t know what is.  The intense anticipation, the tearful gasp in the face of beauty.  Allah!  Ole!

I’m sharing the chill-shivers from Elizabeth Gilbert’s amazing TED talk about creativity, anguish, and the divine spark.  She beautifully walked the fine line between being open to receiving inspiration and passively expecting genius to magically land on you.  To me, her talk was ultimately about releasing the self-judgment that comes along with any creative exercise. …

Wow, just wow. I have shivers and almost-tears after watching this video talk from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the wonderful memoir “Eat, Pray, Love,” about anguish and creativity. “We have accepted this notion that creativity and suffering are inextricably intertwined,” she says. Everywhere she goes now she’s asked if she’s afraid she can never top…
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