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Imagination and Creativity podcasts

Below are the best podcasts we could find on Imagination and Creativity.

Imagination is the ability to envision a reality that does not yet exist. Creativity is the inspirational energy and skill that allows us to turn that vision into reality. But creativity is not just an artistic ability to create “something from nothing:” it encompasses all manner of ways we synthesize, improve, modify, and personalize the world around us. Any aspect of problem-solving—whether encountered while parenting, teaching, or even debugging a database—relies on an ability to see a possible future and implementing strategies to bring it about. Every human being is capable of being imaginative and creative. While some people are inherently more artistically inclined than others, everyone can enhance their creative abilities with regular practice and by finding places of inspiration that stimulate the mind and heart.

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The Nondual Heart, with John Prendergast

Nondual teacher and psychotherapist John Prendergast speaks with host Michael Taft about the heart area as an opening to infinite space, contacting the “dark matrix” of the ground, the body as a vibrant expression of emptiness, moving out of the cycle of reactivity into the creative life,...

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Ep 53 Art Inspiration versus Imitation – Is Anything Really Original?

When we are starting with anything new we all tend to imitate, we copy drawings and painting techniques to learn how things are done. But then there comes a time when we need to find our own way and use what we have learned to create something new that we can call our own.

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The Crossroads of Academics and Art

Why is there a bright line between academia and the arts? Between cognition and creativity? And, why do educators and others think of creativity only in terms of art or music, when it also applies to problem solving and cognition

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Ep 52 The Power of Continuous Practice for Your Art

Today we are talking about the power of continuous practice. And I think that most of the people who joined KITC at the start and have been joining in with the challenges ever since will be able to see how much they have improved by adopting a creative habit.

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The Benefits of Combinatory Play

Where do good ideas come from? Often, they are forged in the most unlikely places. On this episode, I share a simple and practical method for exploring and playing with new ideas.

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Bright and Early: A Story of Radical Acceleration

On episode 50 we talk with Haley Taylor Schlitz, a 17-year-old first-year law student who began college at age 13. We discuss her education experience, some of the benefits and barriers of homeschooling, and we imagine what the perfect public school system would be like.

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How to Choose the Best Idea

Creative work is largely qualitative in nature. That can make it difficult to choose the best idea without creating conflict on the team.

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Episode 39: Satya Scainetti

On the beauty and merit of hard work, and the gift and responsibility of creativity. On using your commerce to touch the lives of those in need, and the healing that comes with giving and receiving help.

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Looking Back: A Decade Ends and 2e Wins!

As we move into the 2020s, we look back at some of the conversations we had in the two years of our podcast’s history. We’re revisiting some of our best conversations about twice-exceptionality, on this special 49th episode of Mind Matters.

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Episode 38: Andi Keh

On unraveling blocks in the body, the healing that wants to come through you, and the merits of staying curious.

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