“[Egyptian art] was…a continuous exercise in the development of individual consciousness.”— John Anthony West, Serpent in the Sky The following is the first of three posts that will comprise a complete […]
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As a young boy, I often struggled to make sense of the world and my place within it. There were simply so many perspectives on life, art, relationships, and everything else. What made this so confusing and difficult was that the people in my life from whom I sought guidance—parents, teachers, friends, favorite authors, political figures, and others—spoke so compellingly and with great confidence, as though they held the one truth about what’s most important in life. The trouble was that, despite their confidence, the perspectives they espoused often contradicted what others said, and so were a source of conflict. Inhabiting this complex and confusing landscape, I sometimes felt like a helpless billiard ball, bouncing from one perspective to another as I sought to make sense of it all.
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“It is often said that in today’s modern and postmodern world that the forces of darkness are upon us. But I think not; in the Dark and the Deep there
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The key to resolving the meaninglessness crisis that now pervades our society lies in recognizing that the perspectives that largely gave rise to it—modernism and postmodernism—are themselves but individual stages in the ongoing development of human consciousness. In other words, there were stages that came before these, and there are stages that will come after.
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“When you get curious about a part, you naturally gain clarity regarding what it’s all about, which typically results in a newfound compassion for all it’s been through and is
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Healing the Inner Critic “When you get curious about a part, you naturally gain clarity regarding what it’s all about, which typically results in a newfound compassion for all it’s
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Why I’m Offering Alexander Technique Lessons at a 90% Discount I’ve read a lot of marketing advice over the years.One of the biggest takeaways was never to compete on price,
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“Why Artists Need Community” Plus Special Announcement! I still remember the moment I realized I didn’t have to do it all on my own. For many years, I had questioned
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Superficial Purpose & Shallow Expressivity “…our patient has no grasp of the whole, he sees only isolated parts and gets nowhere. In developing his plan, he relies purely on his
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Discovering the Place Where Your Art, Well-Being, & the World’s Hunger Meet “Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.” “• Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search
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