
Sufi Mystic Hafiz on Art and Creativity
We continue our meditations on the “C” of Creativity in our search for understanding what it means to be human. We find this dimension to
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We continue our meditations on the “C” of Creativity in our search for understanding what it means to be human. We find this dimension to

Imagination and the arts tap into soul and soul uses them as an instrument for expressing its wisdom. Says Dona Marimba Richards, Our deepest feelings are

Slavery was a system designed to dehumanize and annihilate the soul and a people. It brought a people to a state of Nothingness. Says Dona Marimba

Creativity is at the heart of our being human beings. Among the songs of the Mesoamerican peoples are the following hymns about the Toltecatl artists.

We are considering the role of creativity and art in calling forth what it means to be human. Among the Hopi peoples of the southwestern

Creativity and wisdom go hand in hand. As Hildegard puts it, “there is wisdom in all creative works.” In medieval Europe, when the university was

Eckhart describes the difference between via negativa meditation and via creativa meditation this way. In an amazing sermon, on “How letting go and letting be

Creativity is utterly natural to our species—indeed it is the very working definition of who we are that anthropologists take with them into the field

We have been posing the question, “What does it mean to be a human being?” We have considered over several weeks the “10 C’s” of
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