Dr. Martha Beck

Once you get to calm, then very paradoxically, it blew me away when I realized this, then you need art. And I don't mean drawing. I mean making things, making things in three dimensions, making events happen, making a podcast. Like what was the fire in you that made you make things? And how did it feel when you were in the making?

Yeah. And do you know that if people have been through a trauma and they're allowed to draw about it, even if they can't draw, you know, professionally, They have an 80% lower chance of developing PTSD. There's something about creating stuff, and it could be a company or it could be a spray paint on a cardboard. My partner started making bead bracelets a while ago. She's very busy.

Yeah. And do you know that if people have been through a trauma and they're allowed to draw about it, even if they can't draw, you know, professionally, They have an 80% lower chance of developing PTSD. There's something about creating stuff, and it could be a company or it could be a spray paint on a cardboard. My partner started making bead bracelets a while ago. She's very busy.

She doesn't have time for this, but it makes her so happy. content. And we were talking about how if you go into a tomb in Egypt from 5,000 years ago, what are you going to find? Among other things, beaded bracelets. If you go to the Amazon rainforest and contact an uncontacted tribe, what might you find? Beaded bracelets.

She doesn't have time for this, but it makes her so happy. content. And we were talking about how if you go into a tomb in Egypt from 5,000 years ago, what are you going to find? Among other things, beaded bracelets. If you go to the Amazon rainforest and contact an uncontacted tribe, what might you find? Beaded bracelets.

People are making beaded bracelets all the time, and they serve no function. They are precious, pointless things, she said, that we make. And all cultures make, we make music. I mean, I think about the cultures in Jamaica, one of the worst slavery colonies in the history of the world. It was just, it made what was happening on the mainland look gentle by comparison.

People are making beaded bracelets all the time, and they serve no function. They are precious, pointless things, she said, that we make. And all cultures make, we make music. I mean, I think about the cultures in Jamaica, one of the worst slavery colonies in the history of the world. It was just, it made what was happening on the mainland look gentle by comparison.

And out of that, you get these incredible art forms, reggae, dance. I mean, like in the middle of... being crushed, having literally everything taken from them. People were still making art. This is a part of the human spirit that is just, it's indomitable and our culture pushes it to the fringes. Okay, Stephen, you can do that on a weekend. That's nice. But did you really make any money?

And out of that, you get these incredible art forms, reggae, dance. I mean, like in the middle of... being crushed, having literally everything taken from them. People were still making art. This is a part of the human spirit that is just, it's indomitable and our culture pushes it to the fringes. Okay, Stephen, you can do that on a weekend. That's nice. But did you really make any money?

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It's because of the way the structures on the left side, they're obsessed with grasping material objects, acquiring, controlling other people, always thinking about fear. And there does seem to be this toggle effect that anxiety and creativity just can't work at the same time.

It's because of the way the structures on the left side, they're obsessed with grasping material objects, acquiring, controlling other people, always thinking about fear. And there does seem to be this toggle effect that anxiety and creativity just can't work at the same time.

So the moment you begin to create, like when you said, I could write this, that's expressive writing, that's artistic writing. And all of a sudden, the toggle switches off in anxiety and on in creativity. So I believe that there's another spiral on the right side of the brain, but instead of spiraling tightly into fear, it spirals outward. And ultimately, you get to the final thing.

So the moment you begin to create, like when you said, I could write this, that's expressive writing, that's artistic writing. And all of a sudden, the toggle switches off in anxiety and on in creativity. So I believe that there's another spiral on the right side of the brain, but instead of spiraling tightly into fear, it spirals outward. And ultimately, you get to the final thing.

There's calming, there's artistry, and then there's transcendence or awakening. When you're there, sometimes we call it flow. Chicks at Me High, the psychologist who named it Flow, really looked into this. And it's a state of creating and performing at a level so difficult we almost can't do it. Exactly the way you were writing your name. It's like, ah, flow.

There's calming, there's artistry, and then there's transcendence or awakening. When you're there, sometimes we call it flow. Chicks at Me High, the psychologist who named it Flow, really looked into this. And it's a state of creating and performing at a level so difficult we almost can't do it. Exactly the way you were writing your name. It's like, ah, flow.

And you can have what's called the rage to master where you're just like, I can't. But when you get it, and I'm sure you've had this with many things you've created in your life, it's like flying. It's heaven. And there's a time in the process of creating where the sense of self falls away and the is creation itself sort of moving with you and through you. And it's blissful.

And you can have what's called the rage to master where you're just like, I can't. But when you get it, and I'm sure you've had this with many things you've created in your life, it's like flying. It's heaven. And there's a time in the process of creating where the sense of self falls away and the is creation itself sort of moving with you and through you. And it's blissful.

And I believe that is the state in which we are meant to spend almost all our time. And I think that would transform our consciousness.