Stories
The narrative unfolding of the self’s story amounts to an ongoing agreement the self makes with itself for the purpose of witnessing its own identity
The goal of this publication is to share the journeys of our authors and creators as they explore their experience. We present writings, reflections and artistic pieces to inspire new ideas, new explorations, and new questions, sparking opportunities to tap into the richness and multidimensionality of experience.
Every work presented here is a work in progress, because creative inquiry never settles on a final answer. We embrace the unfolding of insight without being bound by its conclusions. This is a playground, where creators and viewers can enjoy knowledge, celebrate its appearance, and move with the flow: what is my experience as I engage this piece? Is it changing? How do I know?
The narrative unfolding of the self’s story amounts to an ongoing agreement the self makes with itself for the purpose of witnessing its own identity
Great Space remains infinite, accommodates everything, and yet “sets up” nothing and does nothing.
When we fail to question the basic framework within which we are operating—when we do not even recognize that we could call it into question—we
A re-imagination by Jonathan Clewley, based on a yearlong study with Caroline Sherwood. Synopsis of a novel aid for Creative Inquiry Those who have not
If reality was like a painting, would you try to enter the imaginary space of the painting, or would you pull aside the canvas to catch the painter in the act of creation?
Think of a painter as someone who attempts to capture reality. Not in a way that is most truthful to pure and plain existence, but
All art is a process of capturing the past, the present and the future in one moment. It’s a conversation I’m involved in. The more I listen, the more it opens.
Sharing some personal reflections in response to the massacres at Tops grocery store and Robb Elementary school.
When aspects of the self are in a state of separation, full embodiment of one’s experience remains elusive, and our inner evolution slows to a state of suspension.
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