[183] Jung at Harp

🌱 Jung at Harp | Episode 183: Garden Variety Creativity – What Is It? 🎧 Why Listen If you’ve ever wondered whether your creativity “counts,” this conversation will inspire you to see the beauty in both your everyday expressions and your loftiest artistic visions. You’ll discover how ordinary acts of creativity—like making music together or crafting something simple—can be just as meaningful as high art performances.

In this episode of Jung at Harp, Jungian psychoanalyst Kathleen Wiley and harpist-composer Deborah Henson-Conant explore the idea of garden variety creativity—the kind of everyday artistry that nurtures both individuals and communities.

Through stories of Deborah’s grandmothers—one who saw music as high art and another who saw it as community service—they reflect on how creativity shows up in both extraordinary and ordinary ways.

Highlights from this episode:

Two visions of art: high transformation vs. communal connection.

Music as both alchemy and invention—individual brilliance and collective synergy.

How community expression frees us to be more authentic.

The metaphor of gardens: valuing both manicured artistry and the wild beauty of everyday creations.

Why honoring “small flowers” of creativity matters as much as large artistic achievements.