Dr. Kevin Gazzara·Oct 27Stop Pushing Harder: How Great Leaders Use Creative Tension to Improve PerformanceCreative Tension: Turning Performance Gaps Into Opportunities
THE WAY OF IT·Oct 18ISSUE 33–100001: SELF-SYSTEMS“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” — John M. Culkin, S.J.
ELGN·May 22The Instinct of Creative Being While Unleashing Inner Calm“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” — William Plomer, The Diary of William Plomer, 1942
Kenneth Leong·Feb 9Phaedrus and Lila: A Love StoryWhile a feminist critique might rightly highlight elements of objectification or patriarchal dynamics in Phaedrus and Lila’s relationship…
Kenneth Leong·Dec 28, 2025Why Lila Still Matters: Robert Pirsig, Creative Tension, and the Myth of Moral PurityPreface
Toby·Jul 3, 2025Push and Pull: Living in the Tension of Saints Peter and PaulSs. Peter and Paul – Push and Pull
Kenneth Leong·May 17, 2025The Council of the Self: A PlayA clearing in the forest at twilight. The air hums with tension and wonder. A fire burns at the center. Four figures sit around it…
Carl Haggerty·Jul 29, 2024Beyond Fitting in or F**king off: The pain of dissonance and the path to purposeI remember the moment well, the moment when I first realised I had the choice to claim ownership of my own story, to hold the pen, my pen.
Carl Haggerty·Jun 11, 2024Being stuck in the middle of a number of dilemmasOne of my personal challenges in transitioning from working for an organisation (for 28 years) to setting up on my own has been the feeling…
Diane Nijs·Jan 22, 2023Should poets enter politics or should politicians develop their poetic competencies?Marsman’s article from Friday 20 January ’23 in the NRC on the occasion of her farewell as ‘Laureate Poet of the Netherlands’, comes at the…