Creativity is the marriage humanity makes with eternity.

Your chances of creating deeply hinge on the quality of your awareness state.

To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting.

By 'expecting nothing' you are not 'giving up.' Far from it! You are making a decision to focus on what needs to be done rather than on outcomes.

A long, deep breath is the equivalent of a full stop and the key to centering.

Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.

If we had the consciousness of a cat or a dog, we would have it in us to become perfect Zen masters. We could gnaw on a bone, take a nap, play with a spider until we killed it, get our litter just right, and be innocently and serenely present. Meaning would mean nothing to us, nor would we need it to mean anything. We would be free, and we would be spared. But, we are human beings, and we posses that odd duck – human consciousness.