Here's a question...help me out here: we use the terms "sacred" and "secular" to categorize certain events, phenomenon, and experiences. Skipping the obvious, that these can be helpful categories in distinguishing various lens' by which we see the world, how do you define, and differentiate between, "sacred" and "secular"? Are they helpful distinctions, or should …
Bullet Points of Late
Lots happening in the Berryman world. Amy is now firmly ensconced in New York, working 2 jobs, auditioning, building friendships and life with some pretty great people. Daniel is in London, studying acting, and as you would expect, it's pretty challenging. The basement apartment remodel on 5th St. is coming along, should be done in …
Up to Our Necks in “The Shallows”
Nicholas Carr, in his book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing To Our Brains, brings a lot of brain science to bear on his simple thesis: the Internet is indeed changing the structure and processes of our brains, as will any new technology that becomes as ubiquitous and powerful as the 'net has become. …
Reflections on Daniel Pink’s “Drive”
What makes us do what we do? What are the deeper motivations that keep us engaged in our life and work? Under what conditions do we learn, perform, and live at the highest levels of engagement and what some call "flow?" Daniel Pink, in Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, has whacked me …
The Joy is in the Work
I'm making my way through Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's great book Creativity again, and chapter 5, "The Flow of Creativity", challenges me to examine some deep places in my life of creative work. Csikszentmihalyi's seminal work on the study of happiness--Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience--proposes that states and experiences of deep joy are very different that …
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