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Outcomes are the Direction of “How” (Not “What”)

The “how” of things is important in the ways that matter most, how we love, how we teach, how we educate our children. The results of those practices may be difficult to quantify but they can be verified. Are we cultivating creativity in those practices? Or are we mindlessly repeating the same patterns and messages […]

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Is nonconformity a prerequisite for creativity?

Is nonconformity, or “staying weird” a prerequisite for creativity*? Does breaking away from tradition constitute a creative act?  If so, are there other forms of creativity that lean into tradition rather than opposing it? Each individual negotiates between conflicting norms and beliefs they deal with as members of a variety of communities. These communities can […]