About this episode
Hope and creativity share a profound connection because they both require us to imagine what doesn't yet exist. When we create, we bring something new into the world; when we hope, we envision a future different from today. Creativity gives hope its form and substance. Through art, innovation, and problem-solving, we take things that can feel abstract and make them tangible. The painter captures the light on single flower, the write brings a loveable character to life, the entrepreneur designs new solutions to problems bringing their own perspective to the solution, the community organizer arranges resources in new ways to serve unmet needs. In the same way - hope fuels creativity. It provides the emotional resilience to persist through failed drafts, rejected proposals, and uncertain outcomes. Hope whispers "try again" when conventional wisdom suggests giving up.