“Like mariners of old, Cultural Creatives have sailed beyond the familiar horizon. Their old maps are useless, the landmarks are gone, and even the North Star is unrecognizable in the new sky. […] The departure may be the first time you see the whole Earth from space. […] One middle-aged woman explained, ‘Leaving the old story behind doesn’t necessarily mean that you leave anything […] What is left is a consciousness that once felt secure, had categories to fit things into, and knew who it was. And what replaces this sureness is not knowing. And openness. And something unspeakably, and sometimes unbearably, new.’”
-- From chapter two of The Cultural Creatives by Paul H. Ray, Ph. D., and Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D.
Have you sailed beyond your familiar horizon? Have you found monsters or unexpected delights?
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