Author Archives: seeandconnect
The Heart of Einstein…
I recently put my heart and mind to writing about one of Einstein’s many steers about how we live….in collaboration with my pals at Organization Unbound, based in South Africa and promoting Expressive Change. Here’s the piece…. The Heart of … Continue reading
Creating healthy relationships – it matters to social change!
Recently, I was talking to two different people about working with the arts to engage children in social change. I was struck by how they were telling me more or less the same story with their different scenarios. My starting … Continue reading
Love, Power & Social Change…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about power. I have a strong sense these days that when it comes to changing the way we live together – to create more nurturing, restorative and regenerative communities – our outcomes depend heavily … Continue reading
Courage on Stilts – the brave face of conscious creativity
I am writing this post from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Last week, I spent a day at a kid’s circus camp in Peñasco about an hour outside of Sante Fe. My time there kicked off by helping out in the group … Continue reading
What’s with these “I am” statements?
I’m thinking about the day of the verdict on the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman trial (at times, it was hard to know who was on trial, from what I could tell of the little snippets I heard whilst my … Continue reading
Quickie – How consciously are you giving life to your creations?
Life is a collective creative process. What we blandly and vaguely call social change is about changing the way we live together. Thus, it is also a collective creative process. The process results in creations, which can take on infinite … Continue reading
Improv-ing: social change learnings from improv protocols
The other evening I went along to a drop-in improv class at Second City in Chicago. I’m tempted to say I haven’t improv-ed in a long time, but Rachel – the teacher – reminded us that it just isn’t true. … Continue reading
What if….?
What if, this thing they call “Generalized Anxiety Disorder” here in the United States (and elsewhere probably, where they have psychiatrists and psychologists) is actually a sham? I’m not saying the we don’t have anxiety, aren’t feeling anxious and aren’t … Continue reading
Find a partner and create play…
Well, I’m so glad to be blogging again after nearly a rather long hiatus. I’m still very much thinking about creativity, creative process. And dance. Sometime in April, I went to an ecstatic dance night in Vauxhall, London hosted by Urubu. I … Continue reading
We all are creative – let’s own it!
The word CREATIVE, I want to us to reclaim it. How many times have you heard someone say, or have you said, “I’m not very creative”? Basically, when we say this, we are using it to say “I’m not very … Continue reading
See & Connect 