About this episode

The episode explores the concept of clearness committees and their impact on creativity and clarity in art and purpose.

What in the world is a “clearness committee” and what could it possibly have to do with our creativity? In today’s episode, we make a few observations about a short excerpt from Parker J. Palmer’s book Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation and examine the relationship between feedback, question-asking, and increased clarity when it comes to our art and purpose. We also talk about the unique roles that critique and encouragement play at different stages of our creative process. If you want to learn more about the use of clearness committees in Quaker spirituality, here's a solid resource: https://www.fgcquaker.org/fgcresources/spiritual-practices/clearness-committees/

People in this episode

Host: Alex Accornero

Topics covered

• creativity
• feedback
• question-asking
• clarity
• art
• purpose
• Quaker spirituality

Keywords

• clearness committee
• creativity
• feedback
• Quaker spirituality
• art
• purpose
• Parker J. Palmer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Quaker, FGC

Books & works: Let Your Life Speak

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