…Following this kind of impulse is the heart of The Fool’s Journey. It is also the heart of the creative process. Fools, artists, and creatives (even those with excellent planning skills) veer off the expected course. They follow flights of fancy. They try new things, thereby becoming beginners over and over again. They defy cultural norms and expectations…

…Community, on the other hand, may be the most relevant thing there is right now. After all, as human beings, we’re communal creatures who live and breathe not just through our own lives but through the lives of our communities, through the lives of those we care for and those who care for us. This is true individually, but it is also true as families, as towns and cities and nations and even as a species….