Ep.2: In Search of the Oceanic Feeling

In this episode, Ellie discusses the significance of wonder in relation to creativity and how daily encounters with it can inspire a renewed sense of action, wellbeing and connectedness with the world. She talks about the state of flow which allows for the experience of the 'oceanic feeling’ as quality of presence; a state that is in dialogue with the eternal, both in the creative process and in life.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The Voyagers: The Golden Records
  https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/
• Carl Sagan’s: Cosmos (Documentary)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT_nzxtgXEw
• Alan Watts: The Wisdom of Insecurity (Book)
  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/205321/the-wisdom-of-insecurity-by-alan-watts/
• Jack Kerouac: The Scripture of the Golden Eternity
  https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/03/12/jack-kerouac-golden-eternity/
• Rumi: Poetry
  https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/poem/out-beyond-ideas/
• Albert Camus: On the 'Invincible Summer'
  https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/12/28/albert-camus-almond-trees-character/

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Audio Production: Liam Palmer

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