Month: November 2016

Notes on Creativity: Listening to the Inner Child

November 21, 2016

Young children have more time in which they are untroubled than adults. They have therefore more inspirations than adults. The moments of inspiration added together make what we refer to as sensibility — defined in the dictionary as “response to higher feelings.” The development of sensibility is the most important thing for children and adults … More Notes on Creativity: Listening to the Inner Child

A Profound Disquiet: The Work of Pamela Colman Smith

November 17, 2016

I’m grateful to Toni-Ann La-Crette for drawing my attention to the illustrator of these images. Like many people, I was familiar with this well-known tarot pack, but oblivious to its creator Pamela Colman Smith. This is partly because the pack has long been known as the Rider-Waite Deck, named after  Golden Dawn scholar AE Waite. … More A Profound Disquiet: The Work of Pamela Colman Smith