by Maxima Kahn | Oct 18, 2017 | Creative Sparks
T.S. Eliot famously wrote, “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.” What did Eliot mean by this seemingly outrageous assertion? He wasn’t talking about...
by Maxima Kahn | Oct 11, 2017 | Creative Sparks
Fires, floods, earthquakes, violence, intolerance, divisiveness, greed. It’s easy to see our world is in upheaval. These are intense, challenging times. We are being called to return to heart. As a human race, we have been living in severe imbalance for so long...
by Maxima Kahn | Sep 27, 2017 | Creative Sparks
I Am Devoted to Beauty and Creation Some days all i can truly do is write. It’s all i can do truly, with a whole heart, with devotion. This is what’s given to me, and it’s a lot. What jewels have been laid in my hands—I am awestruck, fascinated, dutiful, grateful. How... by Maxima Kahn | Sep 6, 2017 | Creative Sparks
Creativity is not something we have to stress and strain after, contort ourselves into shapes over, feel terrible about, measure and fail. Creativity is our birthright, our blood. It flows through us and all things, giving them life and growth, drawing forth unique...
by Maxima Kahn | Aug 30, 2017 | Creative Sparks
This is Part 2 in a series on The Power of Creative Routines. If you missed Part 1, click here. Supportive Structures Accessing the power of routines is about creating supportive structures in our lives that have us putting what we most cherish and desire first and...
by Maxima Kahn | Aug 18, 2017 | Creative Sparks
On Monday, August 21 there will be a total solar eclipse and a new moon. There was a partial lunar eclipse on the full moon on August 7. The time between these eclipses is said by astrologers to be the biggest energetic portal of the year. A time for transformation,...