If you get extremely nervous in introductions, presentations, and having eyes on you in a group setting, I hope this Gentle Musings helps to re-contextualize those moments in a generative way.
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This concept is called creative gumption. It’s both an Animating and Organizing Principle, meaning that it guides my decisions and has a distinct embodied quality to it. Regarding Dew, the creative research studio where Gentle Musings exists in large part because of my commitment to creative gumption.
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Your creative gumption is important and needed.
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Creating a personal lexicon is part of my creative practice. It’s an act of inner-referenced living and a way to make sense of experience.
Below is a piece on playful reverence, another term in my personal lexicon. Playful reverence is like when creative gumption meets devotion:
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