Art in our Life
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
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INSIDE US ALL IS A WILD THING
OUR ADVENTURES
Sep 18, 20222 min read
Let it Go: The Parasympathetic Nervous System
The importance of down regulation of the nervous system from sympathetic, to a parasympathetic state.
Aug 31, 20223 min read
The Kid's First Train Ride and the Royal Gorge
When we discovered the notion of Creative Adventuring I was busy putting together lists of short trips I could do with the kids. But,...
Aug 31, 20223 min read
Bent's Fort
Not very far out from civilization on the eastern Colorado plains is Bent’s Fort, a replica of the original Bent’s Old Fort on the Santa...
Aug 31, 20223 min read
Silas at the Sand Creek Massacre
When it was agreed that my son would be named Silas, after a Colorado hero and legend, there was one obvious place that I knew I would...
Apr 1, 20221 min read
A Boy's First Flight
He said he was interested. So we made it happen. On an adventure during the Covid pandemic we stopped at an airfield one day and watched...
Feb 16, 20217 min read
Teach Your Children Well
The public school system is probably not enough to properly educate children. We need to parent. Parent hard. Creatively adventure.
Nov 27, 20204 min read
Jackson Creek
I’ll never forget that moment when I was standing at the kitchen sink, in a loveless marriage, with two toddlers and a newborn, thinking:...
Nov 27, 20201 min read
Exploration: Heals
Our exploratory circuits are as old as anything else in our brain. Exploring releases dopamines. It makes us feel good. And it heals.
Oct 3, 20203 min read
The Adjacent Possible
You'll be surprised if you let surprises happen.
Aug 26, 20203 min read
Sasquatch
We found Sasquatch. Kind of. It's more like Sasquatch found us. We've come to use this as an analogy for how we adventure.
Aug 18, 20202 min read
Sauntering
To saunter. To go on a desultory stroll. All this is to say is: go, but have no aim. Just go. With no rigid purpose.
Aug 5, 20206 min read
Creative Adventuring
Inside all of us is a wild thing. “Inside all of us is fear. Inside all of us is an adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing.” — Where...
Aug 5, 20205 min read
What is Creative Adventuring?
It’s a mode of living as much as it a way to parent. Creative Adventuring is a general mode of living that I’ve adopted to become a...
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