2.10.2007

Exploring our inner depths

Honestly looking at what we are inside is necessary for substantial personal growth and creative excellence. But what lies within us can be chaotic and threatening...

In his richly stimulating article on the philosophy of addiction Unhooked Thinking, William Pryor notes, "So medicalised has become our inner life, so distanced and handed over to figures of authority, that we find it hard to go beyond the map to find the territory within ourselves."

In The War of Art, Steven Pressfield writes about our fear that we can transcend the mundane, to "become the person we sense in our hearts we truly are."

Continued on Developing Talent
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