Creativity & The Unconscious In The Time Of COVID-19 The following blog post is a conversation between myself and my partner, Dr. Bruce Sawhill, Stanford educated theoretical physicist and mathematician. On this fifteenth day of March, 2020 we observe the Ides of March. In 44 B.C. the assassination of Julius Caesar precipitated a turning […]
Creativity & Exaptation
I’m sitting on the Amtrak Coast Starlight, lurching out of Los Angeles at a lugubrious trundle. My partner Bruce is next to me, relaxing and reviewing the last two days of our authors’ conference. One doesn’t take trains in America to go fast, it’s all about the journey. Perhaps this is why train travel […]
The Adjacent Possible: Making Room For Surprise
The hero’s journey, the adjacent possible and the mathematical concept of zero to one show up in surprising ways in art, life & creativity Dr. Bruce Sawhill, my partner, had an astonishing experience that combined the hero’s journey, the adjacent possible and the concept of zero to one while swimming recently in Santa Cruz. This […]
The Artist’s Journey: Say YES To Your Hero’s Journey
Speaking On Stage At Author Advantage Live This summer I was one of four authors selected to speak on stage at Author Advantage LIVE in Austin, Texas, a gathering of over 400 independently published authors. I wrote my best selling, award winning book The Artist’s Journey after discovering Chandler Bolt’s Self Publishing School. I spoke […]
The Artist’s Journey, Creativity & The Adjacent Possible
The Artist’s Journey Retreat & Workshop A dream of mine came true last week: The Artist’s Journey Retreat- a workshop where we explore The Artist’s Journey, Creativity & The Adjacent Possible. Eighteen amazing creatives and artists came together for a week of opening creative channels in their painting. At the deepest level, The Artist’s Journey […]
Behind The Scenes #1: The Artist’s Journey 5 Day Retreat & Workshop
Preparing for The Artists’s Journey 5 Day Workshop I’m excited to share with you the experience of planning and orchestrating The Artist’s Journey 5 Day Workshop and Retreat at 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley, California October 20-25, 2019, an abstract painting workshop and retreat. These are behind the scenes images of how I construct an […]
Best Creativity Books: The Artist’s Journey
The Artist’s Journey made it to the Best Creativity Books of All Time I’m happy to announce that my book, “The Artist’s Journey: Bold Strokes To Spark Creativity”, made it to BookAuthority’s Best Creativity Books of All Time. BookAuthority collects and ranks the best books in the world, and it is a great honor to […]
The Artist’s Journey International Book Award Winner
The Artist’s Journey by Nancy Hillis, MD Wins Silver Medal in Reader’s Favorite International Book Awards Snag your copy HERE. Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest recognizes “The Artist’s Journey” by Nancy Hillis in its annual international book award contest, currently available at http://www.amazon.com/dp/product/0999750410. The Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest (Press Release) The Reader’s Favorite […]
Bringing Visibility To Your Dreams As An Artist & Creative
The Artist’s Journey: Bringing Visibility To Your Artist Dreams In The Artist’s Journey we’ve been recently exploring the topic of saying yes to your dreams. I went live on Facebook with a talk called : Bringing Visibility To Your Dreams. CLICK ON THE ARROW > ABOVE TO WATCH THE VIDEOI’ve got something super exciting to share with […]
Abstract Painting Demo: Integrating New Brushstrokes
One of the considerations when going back into a painting is integrating new brushstrokes into the work and working from an exploratory, experimental attitude. This abstract painting demo is raw, unedited video footage from my studio. These are the kinds of discussions, demos and lessons we explore in The Studio Journey Course. I hope you […]