I’m a fan of American sociologist/professor/author Stanley Milgram (1933-1984), and much appreciate his Obedience Experiments’ findings. ... He’s also quoted as saying, “It may be that we are puppets — puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception [and] awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.”
There’s a great lack of compassion in our world that’s accompanied by so very much anger or rage. I myself have been angrier over the last few years — perhaps in large part in relation to the Internet ‘angry algorithm’ sending me the stories, etcetera, it has (unfortunately correctly) calculated will successfully agitate me into keeping the (I believe, overall societally-/socially-damaging) process going thus maximizing the number of clicks/scrolls I’ll provide it to sell to product advertisers.
However, we, at least as individuals, can resist flawed yet normalized human/societal nature thus behavior; and if enough people do this and perform truly humane acts, positive change on a large(r) scale may result.
So happy to meet Casey and learn of his work and take on what creativity is for him. I really appreciate the way he embraces creativity more broadly as the move from intangible to tangible. From that we can cultivate awareness, however vague at first, of an underlying, collectively true - what I call meta-anchored - creative process. Rainn and Casey you both celebrate the deep need for creative connection, wise and naturally generous in our own ways as we each create from. Kudos for sharing despite your "old man cyncisms", which you both tout to humorous effect.
One more thing... having taken up regular acupuncture during my midlife transition (away from often harsh and vigorous exercise), Rainn, "needling" is a great thing! I understand there's a negative connotation some put to it. To me that need not be the vibe Casey meant. It's not what I heard anyway.
I’m a fan of American sociologist/professor/author Stanley Milgram (1933-1984), and much appreciate his Obedience Experiments’ findings. ... He’s also quoted as saying, “It may be that we are puppets — puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception [and] awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.”
There’s a great lack of compassion in our world that’s accompanied by so very much anger or rage. I myself have been angrier over the last few years — perhaps in large part in relation to the Internet ‘angry algorithm’ sending me the stories, etcetera, it has (unfortunately correctly) calculated will successfully agitate me into keeping the (I believe, overall societally-/socially-damaging) process going thus maximizing the number of clicks/scrolls I’ll provide it to sell to product advertisers.
However, we, at least as individuals, can resist flawed yet normalized human/societal nature thus behavior; and if enough people do this and perform truly humane acts, positive change on a large(r) scale may result.
Thank you gents, needed to hear this right now. damn I love when the Spirit resonates into our lives in non expected ways. ✌🏽😎
So happy to meet Casey and learn of his work and take on what creativity is for him. I really appreciate the way he embraces creativity more broadly as the move from intangible to tangible. From that we can cultivate awareness, however vague at first, of an underlying, collectively true - what I call meta-anchored - creative process. Rainn and Casey you both celebrate the deep need for creative connection, wise and naturally generous in our own ways as we each create from. Kudos for sharing despite your "old man cyncisms", which you both tout to humorous effect.
One more thing... having taken up regular acupuncture during my midlife transition (away from often harsh and vigorous exercise), Rainn, "needling" is a great thing! I understand there's a negative connotation some put to it. To me that need not be the vibe Casey meant. It's not what I heard anyway.