{"id":5719,"date":"2019-09-18T19:29:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T00:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/?p=5719"},"modified":"2019-09-19T03:11:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T08:11:23","slug":"creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/18\/creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>     Creativity brings the true self to the surface. It evokes the true self. I think that might be the symbology of the Al-addin&#8217;s magical genie. Not only is he stuck in a bottle for some thousand years, but then the bottle is in a deep underground cave. I need to go back and read it again, but it would be interesting to see what in Aladdin&#8217;s character evoked the adventure itself, and what about his character itself we could learn from to bring at least metaphorically speaking that same kind of magic into our own lives.<br>     I remember Aladdin being pretty obstreperous but not in a greedy entitled kind of way. He had enough innocence and curiosity in him to <em>let the adventure happen<\/em>, to let it unfold. One can have too much cunning (and maybe that&#8217;s simply called cynicism) where you just don&#8217;t trust anyone enough, especially a stranger, to ever let any adventure happen. On the other hand, you can be such a fool that anything you attract out of the ordinary is at best going to be simply more foolishness. &#8220;The adventure you get is the one of that you are ready for,&#8221; Joseph Campbell. And that readiness has to do with your psychological character, a character made it seems of this perfect balance of &#8220;striving for&#8221; and &#8220;acceptance with.&#8221; Every hero seems to have that little magical balance in their character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Antarctica scientists find bizarre creature 3,500m under ice: \u2018Like nothing seen before&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H7VLrrvbMa\">https:\/\/t.co\/H7VLrrvbMa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tsSli4V4kD\">pic.twitter.com\/tsSli4V4kD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Daily Express (@Daily_Express) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daily_Express\/status\/1171303917935878144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The moment you accept what troubles you&#39;ve been given,<br>the door will open.<\/p>&mdash; Rumi (@Rumi_Quote) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rumi_Quote\/status\/1174360188805144576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creativity brings the true self to the surface. 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