Category Archives: creativity
Animals as Creative Motifs
In both of our books on synchronicity, we’ve written about the connection between animals and synchronicity. In 7 Secrets, the focus was on animals as messengers that relay particular information about our personal lives or our global situation. In Synchronicity … Continue reading
Dolphin Synchros
Dolphin art, by a dolphin named Elvis Our daughter is an art major. At her college, all seniors are required to write a thesis during their final year. The thesis for art majors has to tie in thematically with … Continue reading
Synchronicity and Creativity
From Carl Jung’s Red Book During Rob’s meditation class tonight, the final for this particular session, we did a shamanic meditation, with drumming. It’s my personal favorite. There’s something about the drumming that transports your consciousness to….well, elsewhere. He asked … Continue reading
Shape Shifters, Brujos, and the Djinn
One a week, Rob and I head to the gym for the yoga class he teaches. I know that during yoga, your mind is supposed to be present, not wandering all over the place like mine does. But oh … Continue reading
The 4th Secret
This is our daughter doing her adrenaline high, 20th birthday. Skydiving is as creative a pursuit as art, writing, filmmaking, photography, dance, sculpture or anything else you can think of. The fourth secret in 7 Secrets is called The Creative. … Continue reading
So Many Esperanzas
Shortly before my novel, Esperanza, first came out, I created a Google alert for the word. I never realized just how many Esperanzas there are. The word means hope in Spanish, which may be why there are so many alerts … Continue reading
The Geography of Resilience
Travel, whether it’s far flung or local, is usually a fertile environment for synchronicity. Sometimes the synchros are obvious. But other times you have to dig beneath the surface and view your environment with a new perspective, new eyes. It’s … Continue reading
Love, Mira
We’ve posted a number of stories involving synchronicity and creativity. The MO usually goes something like this: the individual is usually deeply immersed in a creative process of some kind and really plugs in to whatever he/she is doing. For … Continue reading
Storm Surge
We’ve talked before about the relationship between creativity and synchronicity. The Edgar Allan Poe story and the Titanic are two of the most astonishing.We’ve experienced our share of these weird synchronicities, where something we’re writing surfaces in real life. … Continue reading
The Witch, the Painter, and the Writer
This story was brought to our attention by Jeff, who thought it might be of interest to us. He was right! It seems to be another instance where creativity provides a springboard for a complex synchronicity.+++ Dame Alice Kyteler was … Continue reading