A Way of Being

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A gorgeous, delicious and wildly practical interrogation of the creative process. A master of his craft, Rubin supplies rich insights, sound advice, helpful suggestions and supreme comfort to anyone living to create, or endeavoring to live creatively.” —JJ Abrams A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment." --Anne Lamott There are also multiple chapters on Rogers’ encounter groups. Which is good if you want to read about things like how the workshop staff prepared by ‘letting themselves be’, or how they discussed sexual behaviour before a workshop which then had “an almost telepathic knowledge’ of this. Or you can hear endlessly about how Rogers thinks encounter groups are the key to solving everything from the Israel-Palestine conflict to global hunger. Read through in toto, Rubin’s advice can occasionally seem contradictory. He counsels the artist to live a life that questions all limitations. Later, however, he advises actively embracing some limitations, Dogme-style, before once again placing the artistic life as a higher calling that should be unbounded by rules of any kind, particularly the self-limiting voices in the artist’s own head. A distillation of the wisdom Rubin has accrued over decades of bringing records to fruition…[To]creatives in need of a spur – or anyone in proximity to a client, or loved one, approaching a deadline – The Creative Act has just the right level of confident loftiness to provide succour and useful ways of recontextualising problems.” — The Guardian

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Noticing how you notice new things is the way you make sense of your world and make new distinctions. This is how you learn to change your Way of Being by observing how your language, and emotions. moods and physiology determine the actions you can take and the results you then get. Your learning becomes adaptive when you can see the story and the interpretations you are making that aren’t getting you the result you want, and see what changes you can make to your Way of Being to make a difference. In a VUCA World, you have to react to novelty and adapt within shorter time spans. This demands more of your sensemaking than your analytical skills. Going forwardIronically, Rogers says at the beginning of the book that he attributes his success in part to the fact that he made low-level testable claims, yet he repeatedly talks about psychic phenomena, the paranormal, and telepathy. If I didn’t know who the author was, I would say the book often reads like it was written by a self-appointed New Age babble-guru, interspersed with the odd psychology reference to sound legit.

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If you enjoyed these books, your will like The Creative Act: A Way of Being and the other way round: Atomistic individuality characterised by an obsession with ambition and competition have become salient features of our world, first emerging in the post-Renaissance age of Enlightenment and coming to bear its full force in the modern and post-modern eras (McGilchrist, 2009). Ian McGilchrist attributes this situation to the ascendency of the left hemisphere of the brain over the right hemisphere. The right hemisphere is seen to be the source of creativity and emotional understanding, while the left hemisphere is viewed as being occupied with rationality and the certainty of knowledge. There isn't much I can say about this book that isn't already in the blurb. The book has four major parts and these parts are further divided into chapters. The first part talks about his personal experiences and retrospectives on reaching certain age-related milestones. The second part discusses his approach to his work. The third part discusses education and it's future. The fourth and final part discusses Dr. Rogers' personal ideal scenario of the future. To a cynical reader, The Creative Act might feel like a series of self-actualising niceties. Until, that is, these are just the prompts you need to hear, when you need to hear them. I’ve underlined rather a lot.urn:isbn:0547524447 Scandate 20100825044357 Scanner scribe4.sfdowntown.archive.org Scanningcenter sfdowntown Worldcat (source edition) This involves taking responsibility for the decisions, actions and outcomes that have been agreed upon with another person or contracted with an organisation. In other words, did you deliver what you promised? The problem here is that you can easily commit to taking action without fully understanding what you agreed to. Care must be taken to listen and clarify what exactly was offered or requested and the criteria for agreeing on a satisf actory outcome. To be a person...this would be painful, costly, sometimes even terrifying. But it would be very precious: to be oneself is worth a high price."

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To Rubin, art is the ultimate form of self-actualization, a noble calling that enriches the soul . . . So, how does an artist move from conception to creation? Rubin methodically lays out the process, offering a mixture of encouragement, inspiration and tips . . . Rubin has written a fascinating book infused with deep thoughts, insight and, yes, lots and lots of creativity.” — Los Angeles Times It really feels to me like the rare book that’s evergreen…It’s a book I wish I would have had on my shelf when I was 25. It’s a book I would give to people who are 25. Maybe it will be the ultimate graduation gift.” —Steve Levitt, People I (Mostly) Admire It’s your Way of Being that helps or hinders what you can achieve with your life and your leadership skills. Understanding what produces a Way of Being and how to adapt it helps you perform better and become your best self. Both have a significant role to play in your personal and professional development. The focus here is on the interrelationship and coherence between language, emotions/mood and your physiology. LANGUAGE/CONVERSATION Rogers was always an optimistic person. He believed that the individual was good at its core, that one always strove for growth and actualisation of their own self; and I love this about his humanistic approach. This book asks the question: are we capable of bringing a more feeling-centred, authentic, open and real self into our interpersonal relations with others? Are schools, corporations, and governments able to allow more congruence in the way they function? Are we about to witness an era where our false masks are peeled off, ever so slightly? Are we going to allow communities to flourish and slowly edge away from the over-individualised nature of our modern societies—which, as we know, has made loneliness and isolation common modern afflictions that have revealed a mental health crisis that was previous suppressed and hidden?

A way of being

Second, this is Rogers' telling therapists that real therapy requires bravery, on the part of the client, but also on the part of the therapist, as well. I hope I eventually get to a place where this is what I consistently do: The idea that we are each an isolated ego striving in the world is a view that is deeply embedded in our culture today. This is reflected not just in pervasive individualism, but also in the vernacular of how we describe human existence. For example, we speak of coming “into the world”, rather than coming “out of” it. The former implies that we are somehow separate from nature rather than “an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe. Even those who know it to be true in theory do not sense or feel it, but continue to be aware of themselves as isolated egos inside bags of skin” (Watts, 1973, p.15). While rational recognition of this is the starting point, I believe that only by embodying it can we access true connectedness. Although this is often used as a criticism of the Person-Centred approach in general, it is also used in regards to the Actualising Tendency and comes from a misunderstanding of the approach and the Actualising Tendency. While it is conceivable that some of us might find fulfilment by taking a general interest in the world, I postulate that most of us would be attracted to certain pursuits, be it carpentry, beekeeping, coaching or trekking. Ken Robinson coined the term “the Element” to describe “the place where the things you love to do and the things you are good at come together” (Robinson and Aronica, 2009, p.8). Robinson believes the Element manifests itself differently in every person and that we need it “to make the best of ourselves and of each other” (Robinson and Aronica, 2009, p.xiv).