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The Chaos & Order of Creative Work

From the creative side to the work side, and everything in between.

The map

The dragon map: order on the left, the hill between, and the dragon in chaos on the right

Part I

The future operates in a different kind of time

The future

An exploration of the futility of attempting to put the future on a schedule along with an ancient antidote to our modern view of time.

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Diagram contrasting chronos tools for order and kairos tools for chaos

Part II

Creative work is like fighting a dragon up a hill

Figuring it out

Creative work as the bridge between chaos and order. In this essay, we'll explore the uphill part of "figuring it out."

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Hill chart with uphill figuring it out and downhill making it work

Part III

The rocky downhill slope of creative work

Making it work

An exploration of the less dramatic—but every bit as essential—second half of creative work: the part that feels the most like "work."

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After figuring it out, we move downhill to making it work

Part IV

The past is never done

The past

An ancient and more humane way of looking at what's already "done."

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A garden representing past work as living present experience