Close on a pair of eyes in a face splattered with rainbow paint
Close on a pair of eyes in a face splattered with rainbow paint
Creativity can be as much about the body as the mind. (Photo by Sharon McCutcheon from Pexels)

The Embodiment of Your Imagination

How peak creativity requires your heart & body, not just your mind

Joni Sensel
Nov 6 · 9 min read

Any time I’m stuck for ideas, I go out for a walk. I have friends whose preferred incubators are a warm tub, a sink full of dishes, or a lawn that needs mowing. Most people consider the imagination a function of our minds — so why are our bodies so indispensable to igniting our creativity?

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Joni Sensel

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Exploring intuition, imagination, creativity, and other paths to the Divine. I write for Fortune 100 companies and people like you. Writer, adventurer, monk.

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