As corporations vie more and more aggressively for young consumers, popular culture — which traditionally evolves
from creative self - expression that captures and informs shared experience — is being smothered by commercial culture relentlessly sold to children by people who value them for their consumption, not their creativity.
Not exact matches
A
self - professed «jack - of - many - trades and master of none,» Candace had always been a
creative soul,
from singing and helping with production at her church to a short - lived foray into amateur stand - up.
This fear of exposing yourself and your work holds many of us back
from being our most
creative selves — and that goes for hugely successful artists as well as you and me.
Paying attention to the competition only slows you down because you're taking precious energy away
from your thing and throwing it elsewhere along with decreasing your chances of truly operating as your most
creative self because you're letting industry norms influence you.
In Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and
Creative Self (and a matching TED talk
from last spring), Manoush Zomorodi writes (and talks) about how our creativity and brainstorming works better when we are more present in the moment and not so distracted by gadgets.
From musician and welder to
self - taught designer, Tom Dixon has always been driven by
creative energy and a strong entrepreneurial instinct.
The principle of conformation expresses «the stubborn fact that whatever is settled and actual must in due measure be conformed to by the
self -
creative activity» (S 36), and also assumes that «universality of truth arises
from the universality of relativity, whereby every particular actual thing lays upon the universe the obligation of conforming to it» (S 39).
And I believe that my experience also reflects the
self -
creative process of the original woman,
from coming apart, through relatedness with other women, to
self - creation in the context of deep interrelatedness.
Ford's general and surely correct thesis is that between Science and the Modern World and Process and Reality there is a shift
from monism to pluralism, a devolution of
creative power
from a Spinozistic substantial activity to the
self - creating activity of actual occasions.
If the following passage
from Process and Reality is at all significant, the answer must be that that is precisely what Whitehead means: «The oneness of the universe, and the oneness of each element in the universe, repeat themselves to the crack of doom in the
creative advance
from creature to creature, each creature including in itself the whole of history and exemplifying the
self - identity of things and their mutual diversities» (347f).
Rather it issues
from a
creative, relational
self.
This mutual relevance, or coherence, of the two principles is particularly evident when Whitehead says: «The oneness of the universe, and the oneness of each element in the universe, repeat themselves to the crack of doom in the
creative advance
from creature to creature, each creature including in itself the whole of history and exemplifying the
self - identity of things and of their mutual diversities» (PR 347f).
Thus,
from the divine vantage point, the endless fruitions of the creativity are simultaneously co-present in the immediacies of their
self -
creative activities.
Looked at
from the point of view of its immediate pattern of
self - enjoyment, an actual entity can be regarded as
self -
creative.
They consist of fleeting discontinuous pulsations of energy which are what they are in part because of real causal influence
from the past, while also being organic wholes that are partly free and
self -
creative.
Significant learning stems
from the
self - directed motivation of the learner who wants something positive and
creative for... unfilled need of his.
Our «highest spiritual ideals and aspirations also threaten to lay the most crushing burdens on humankind,» and Taylor therefore finds it quite understandable that the modern
self might turn
from such lofty aspirations to the goods of ordinary life and the satisfactions of
creative self - fulfillment.
In order for the world to be independent of God and to possess its own existence, or to undergo a genuine
self - transcendence in evolution, its
creative ground would in some way make itself absent
from that world instead of overwhelming it with divine presence.
But God's primary goal is for each of us to be as fully
self -
creative as possible, even if such creativity results in human oppression, and this is why God would not unilaterally keep
self -
creative individuals
from abusing the freedom of others even if this could be done.
But I would remind you that Durrell came to write the fantastically structured Alexandria Quartet, in which, even though the
selves in it do not escape
from the relativity of their own selfhood, nonetheless memory, and thus the past, plays a central and
creative role.
In the series, Scher describes her
creative process as starting
from a point of breaking down her own
self - awareness and allowing subconscious to take hold.
The realization of the global society will require
from the whole of humanity
creative thinking,
self - sacrificing endeavor of the highest order, and all the mutual goodwill of which we are capable.
Furthermore, he defends Whitehead's understanding of the free or
self -
creative character of the individual actual entity against Edward Pols's objection that it is determined
from the outside either through the initial aim of God or through the intrinsic interrelatedness of the eternal objects which it prehends (TVF 36 - 40).
Twenty centuries witness to the effectiveness of such worship in changing men's lives for the better, in bringing release
from guilt and freedom
from fear, in giving direction and purpose to their striving, and in lifting them out of neurotic
self - concern into healthful and
creative relationships to their fellows.
They started
from the Conviction that God's
creative love, his gracious dealing with his creatures, his purpose to bring men into true sonship towards himself whatever it might cost to win them over
from complacent, hard - hearted,
self - love, and his willingness to pay, himself, whatever it might cost — that all this was focused in the real, historical and human Jesus.
An excellent treatment, a model of the relational vision in the
creative synthesis of process and feminist thought, mythology, and depth psychology, is Keller, Catherine,
From a Broken Web: Separation, Sexism, and
Self (Boston: Beacon Press, 1986).
The key move in process metaphysics was to make creaturely freedom necessarily inherent in the creature's very existence; and the best way to do this, it was thought, was to separate creativity
from God, making each creature «
self -
creative.»
If, however, we separate creativity
from God, so that each creature is
self -
creative, then clearly God does not work the will of the creature, thus effectively sustaining a free will theodicy.2
The possibilities which are presented are blessedness which comes
from self - fulfillment and the acceptance by God of that
self - fulfillment — all of this, of course, in relationship with others and not in any presumed human isolation of
self hood — or the disintegration or failure which comes
from self - destruction or rejection by God because there is nothing to be received by God in His consequent nature for the furthering of His purpose of good in the course of the process of
creative advance.
Self proclaimed food - geek and lover of all things Boston, cooking up original and
creative recipes
from my wicked Small Boston Kitchen.
The tenets of Positive Discipline consistently foster mutual respect so that any child —
from a three - year - old toddler to a rebellious teenager — can learn
creative cooperation and
self - discipline without losing his or her dignity.
From the deeply
self - aware, poetically gifted author of Eat, Pray, Love comes a book (out September 22) about the
creative process, and the bravery required to pursue our passions.
I've got a few powerful tricks to share that can help you move
from self - condemnation back to confident,
creative flow.
When your roots are receiving nourishment
from the earth in the first chakra, your
creative juices are flowing in the second, your intentions are empowered in the third, your heart is open and exchanging love with those around you in the fourth, you are spontaneously expressing your highest
self in the fifth, you are in touch with your inner voice in the sixth, only then, does energy move into the crown chakra and you remember your essential nature as infinite and unbounded.
Having said this, I have had fun getting really
creative in fueling my ride and have fallen in love with the book «Feed Zone Portables»
from our friends at Skratch Labs because it allows me to indulge both my culinary / foodie
self and my athletic
self at the same time.
Since 2009, I've been teaching and inspiring
creatives, heart - centered entrepreneurs, intention - driven teachers, and spiritual seekers to undo patterns of worry, depression and
self - doubt that keep them
from feeling whole and doing their work in the world.
An executive in her day job and the
creative force behind the blog in the night, her passions range
from nutrient - dense anti-inflammatory approach to healing with lifestyle to body love and
self - respect.
The changes didn't stop there, Marques and Paulo Almeida cast real girls — personal friends
from creative fields — allowing some to
self - style the disparate separates, which Almeida says, «can look mismatched — and not in the right way.»
Dating with herpes may require more communication,
self - restraint, and
creative intimacy, but its far
from impossible.
Dating with herpes may require more communication,
self - restraint, and
creative intimacy, but it's far
from impossible.
I am a university educated bu am mostly a potter and builder, although my
creative pursuits are diversifying in a very fun way, I have degrees I Anthropology and a masters in European history, but have been more interested in astronomy and science although I am only
self taught
from books.
In practical terms, this means a British guy performing pesudo - freestyle raps over clips
from The Fresh Prince Of Bel - Air and using Ghostbusters as a metaphor for his asthma, which, while
creative, can come across as
self - indulgent.
In addition to the back - end financial support
from Pub Fund, SCEA's program that supports platform - defining content being
self - published by indie developers on PSN, the Sportsfriends designers are crowdsourcing additional front - end financing through Kickstarter, a funding platform for grassroots,
creative projects.
In a Hollywood
self - congratulatory world that considers sequels, reboots and remakes as
creative projects; and imitation as the most sincere form of flattery... not to mention the safest hedged bet... it's not in the least surprising that we now have a film version of «CHiPs», a lightweight and popular TV show that ran
from 1977 through 1983.
Alternately humorous and grotesque — and always surreal — the film mingles aspects of Burroughs's novel with incidents
from the writer's own life, resulting in an evocative paranoid fantasy and a
self - reflexive investigation into the mysteries of the
creative process.
The title is being
self - released with a grant
from Sundance
Creative Distribution Initiative, which helps filmmakers going for non-traditional theatrical releases.
Yet if that is an acknowledgement of further
creative emulation, it takes nothing away
from what is an unquestionably
self - indulgent but engrossing singular vision.
The amazing Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Nina, a comic standup who impulsively decides to move out to LA only to confront the deep seated trauma she can't run away
from, and ultimately reckon with how to find success and truth in her
creative self expression.
«In a year overloaded with
self - aware showbiz satires, Alejandro G. Inarritu's fifth and best feature provides the delirious coup de grace — a triumph on every
creative level,
from casting to execution, that will electrify the industry, captivate arthouse and megaplex crowds alike, send awards pundits into orbit and give fresh wings to Keaton's career.»
From this experience I noticed that small students has
creative potential that integrates cognitive experience, operational and informational mechanisms triggered and sustained by the necessities of knowledge,
self - expression, independence, cognitive attitude begins to crystallize.