People are inspired by honesty, by truth, by attention, by meaning. That may be one of the most valuable things we can strive for: to give people the environment to be open and honest in a productive way.
We’ve always thought that the most important thing for creativity is the environment. Many people do. But people seem to focus on the physical environment; they put up weird artwork or make interactive whiteboard spaces. These have inspirational value, but they’re not the real thing that inspires people.
A curvy couch with a slide down the armrest can’t look you in the eye and listen. A magnetic wall with a million little magnets arranged in the shape of a high-five doesn’t care what you say to it. These external conditions can add to a creative environment, but only when the emotional-and-mental space is right. They add a spark, not the fuel. The fuel is within people, distilled over millennia of experience and evolution.
Madison is such a great city. Numerous people have stopped by today to add the support of their positive energy, which was absolutely the inspiration for this post. I feel like when we ‘stick to our guns’ of truly being about consciousness and cooperation in the present moment it clicks with people on a level they’re not used to experiencing in the day-to-day grind. And that click is music to my ears. The most beautiful sound in the world is to hear someone say something they’ve always thought but never said before.
Genuinely no matter if someone doesn’t understand afterward its up to other people that they will help, so here it occurs.