Openness to experience is associated with:
cognitive flexibility
intellectual curiosity
unconventional thinking & absorption
natural energy
inventiveness
compassion & empathy
Curiosity is based on:
dopamine that motivates exploration
opiates that trigger pleasure responses
Curiosity is an exploratory behavior that is unique to humans and aligns with the human need of sense-making
Absorption is a full commitment of available perceptual, motoric, imaginative and ideational resources
Absorption is being in the flow, or in the zone
The goal is to transcend above our own self focus
the sacred impulse of creativity is redemptive
making is a form of knowing and experiencing the Holy Spirit
we are tasked with sowing the seed of beauty and tilling the hardened soil of culture
creating from the center...