I liked Ethan Hawke a lot, even before he portrayed John Brown in a fantastic TV Show adaptation of the book The Good Lord Bird. But his communication about art and creativity in a notable talk is one of the best recent expressions of why something that feels non-urgent can be the most urgent thing in the world.

The fact is that creation is one of the most extraordinary things that we do––it is authentically personal and deeply enriching to the world. And a lot of things happen in our lives that give us reasons not to create, to express, to put out into the world something of ourselves. And so we find that need for courage, the courage to make something, to express something, to be authentically you in a way that is outside of the internal machinations of your own mind.

I love how Hawke emphasizes this courage in the video above. He invites you to follow your passions, but also to “play the fool.” That is where this courage lies. Not only in grandiose commitments, but in the courage not to protect ourselves, to quiet ourselves, to expose ourselves. His words remind us that if being laughed at is all the cost there is to creative self-expression, it is well worth the price.

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Sometimes it is hard to tap into our spiritual selves or find time to nurture our creativity and intellectual curiosity. Here is a section that reflects on some nourishing materials from around the web and related media channels in order to get us thinking, get us feeling, and get us reflecting on the lives we are living in this big, beautiful world. **Some Adult/Mature Themes May Appear in Links and Other Attached Material**

Allan T. Georgia, MDiv, MTS, PhD

Sometimes it is hard to tap into our spiritual selves or find time to nurture our intellectual curiosity. Here is a section that reflects on some nourishing materials from around the web and related media channels in order to get us thinking, get us feeling, and get us reflecting on the lives we are living in this big, beautiful world. **Some Adult/Mature Themes May Appear in Links and Other Attached Material**