Grace isn’t a word we hear very often, and perhaps even less often when it’s placed alongside creativity.
We’re more likely to talk about imagination, originality, courage or discipline than how we treat ourselves when an idea falters, the work feels awkward or creativity refuses to arrive on demand.
In July, I wrote about an idea that Susan Zheng and I decided to say “yes, and” to. That idea was Artful August, 31 days of intentional creativity.
Have you ever become so absorbed in making, writing, gardening, solving a problem or learning something that you lost track of time?
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi used the term flow to describe this state of deep concentration and involvement in an activity.
What happens when you have a podcast conversation about creativity and improvisation?
Talking with Susan Zheng on her podcast This Improvised Life an idea emerged from our conversation around Artful Inquiry and Embodied Leadership and, as all good improvisers do, we decided to ‘yes, and’ the idea (we accepted the possibility of the idea rather than the challenges).
What happens in a coaching session?
While I don’t’ share the specifics of client conversations, I would like to offer you glimpses of how I work with clients, through Walk & Talks, image prompts and working through realisations over time.