Episode 471 - The Importance of Creative Practice

Living Myth

Michael Meade

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Living Myth, Michael Meade turns to the realms of art and practice as ways to avoid overwhelm and find coherence in an increasingly chaotic world. Since the world will not settle soon, the unity and wholeness so sorely missing must be found within us. Fortunately, as fears and uncertainty grow, a balancing imagination and healing energy tries to awaken within our souls. The creative arts and spiritual practices are the traditional paths that can lead us to the deep resources and inner resiliency of our self and soul.

The two traditional roads of practice appear as the inward path of contemplation, meditation and deep reflection and the expressive path of creative arts, such as music and dance, painting and writing. Some people are more drawn to one than the other; others go back and forth or mix the two. They each have their value, and each can connect us to the ground of being and the ever-resilient core of life.

Whether it be through meditation and introspection or art and creative expression, a practice helps us gain an emotional seating and a place of refuge to return to again and again. Having a meaningful practice can give us ways to awaken further and grow within ourselves, while also becoming more able to contribute to the healing and restoration of the world.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Living Myth podcast with Michael Mead, where a shifting, changing world is looked at from a mythic perspective.
0:19.5	On this episode, Mead turns to the realms of art and practice
0:23.9	as a way to avoid overwhelm and find coherence in an increasingly chaotic world.
0:31.1	Since the world will not settle soon,
0:33.0	the unity and wholeness so sorely missing must be found within us.
0:38.3	Fortunately, as fears and uncertainty grow,
0:42.3	a balancing imagination and healing energy tries to awaken within our souls.
0:47.3	The creative arts and spiritual practices are the traditional paths
0:52.3	that can lead us to the deep resources and inner resiliency
0:57.0	of our self and soul. Arts and practices turns out to be a really important thing, an ancient inspired tradition in all human cultures,
1:24.8	and something that's even more important right now because of the condition of the world.
1:29.3	So I want to begin with a song like I usually do, but also point out that that's a practice.
1:35.5	Singing or I prefer like chant type songs can be a meaningful practice for centering, for grounding,
1:44.1	for clearing the air, and also for
1:46.9	protection. And so I want to start with an earth song that I learned from Maladoma Somei from the
1:53.2	Daggerer tribe in Burkina Faso, a song that's sung by the earth members or the people in the tribe
1:59.6	that keep everyone connected to the earth.
2:02.8	These kind of songs were given to me, but given to lots of people with the intention that
2:08.2	they be shared. So it's not one of those situations where people are inappropriately using the
2:13.8	material. The material was given with the idea that has medicine in it and the idea
2:18.3	that everybody needs medicine now. So this is an earth medicine song from West Africa.
2:24.3	Azima wu-ehahoo, ah zima wu, ahzima o, ahzima o ahzima o, ahima o, ahima o, my oh oh oh Thank you. Ozima, praise to the earth.
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