Category: Spirituality

  • A scene from Le Château du Tarot, directed by Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone

    Beauty and the Sublime

    In 2021, Dior unveiled a fashion collection based on the Tarot. Accompanying it was the short movie Le Château du Tarot, directed by Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone, during which, fashion models appeared, dressed in Dior, but representing various Tarot cards. Originally a card game, Tarot became associated with the Mysteries (at least, primarily) during the…

  • Austin Osman Spare at his easel.

    Creative Flow as an Altered State: Trance, Focus, and Originality

    It was the Hungarian-American psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi who first articulated the notion of “flow.” Accordingly, an artist, author, sportsperson, or other such creative types of people are able to enter a highly-focused state that is conducive to creativity (or, we might also say, adaptability). That state is was coined “flow” by Csikszentmihalyi (1934-2021). Before him,…

  • AI and dreaming

    AI Art: Mirroring Dreams & the Ancient Mind

    If you’ve used AI to create an image, one thing is immediately noticeable: AI programs do not produce art in the same way that humans create it. An artist drawing a flower might begin at the base, draw the stem, and then draw the petals and centers of the flower. Or, drawing a human figure,…

  • Nodal AI for complex luxury design

    Creative Thinking: More Complex (but Clearer) with AI

    If you’ve started working with node-based AI architectures, linear “prompting” already feels archaic. Writing text instructions is still part of the job, but it’s no longer the core of the work. Creative thinking has become three-dimensional—weaving distinct threads of data (including instructions and images) across an open canvas. Node-based AI connects various models into a…

  • A kintsugi bowl representing the need for excellence, not perfection, for leadership in the AI Era.

    Leadership Psychology: The Shift Needed for The AI Era

    AI can already do some things perfectly. So, in an emerging era of AI, what will the psychology of the AI-driven leader need to be? “Perfectionism”? “Perfectionism” is often just another name for “insecurity.” It’s a delaying tactic, not a decision. And it’s definitely not a strategy for winning. Leadership in the AI Era: The future…

  • Library books with beams of code in front of them.

    Writing: Superpower in an Age of AI

    My writing has been cited in books by Oxford University Press and De Gruyter. It’s been published in journals. And, this year, my seventh book will be published. I’ve also edited the writing of other people. (And most of it wasn’t pretty.) In an Age of AI, writing will be the most essential skill for…

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