Bridget Benton

The Colorado College

State University of New York - College at Buffalo (Buffalo S, Attended 2005 - Present, Class of 2007, Master's Degree, Creativity and Change Leadership
Colorado College, Attended 1988 - 1992, Class of 1992, Bachelor's Degree, Studio Art

Creativity Consultant

Ecstatic Dance, Geeky Guys, Clean-Cut Hippies, Process Painting, Feisty Women, Science Fiction, Laughing really loudly in movie theaters, Hiking, Cooking, Writing, Fiber Arts, Eating Good Food, Overuse of Capital Letters and Exclamation Points, Reading Fantasy Novels, Collage, Riding My Bike, Making Stuff, Photography, Creativity Theory, Traveling, Learning about Different Spiritual Traditions

The Everyday Work of Art by Eric Booth, The Vorkosigan Books by Lois McMaster Bujold, Chronicles of Narnia, Middlesex, Darkover Books by Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Incredibles, Harold and Maude, Men In Black, Amelie, Bladerunner, Out of Sight, Indiana Jones, The Incredibles, Bridget Jones

right now . . . Johnny Cash, Mozart, Meatloaf, Ella Fitzgerald sings Cole Porter, and the soundtrack to "10 Things I Hate About You."

CSI, Bones, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Roswell, X-Files, Six Feet Under - mostly I watch what I can get on DVD

Taurus

Right this second, I'm thinking I'd really love to do more ocean kayaking (I've only gone once). I want to go to Oaxaca for the Day of the Dead celebration, and I want to travel in Morocco, Turkey, Greece - I want to go back to Italy (UPDATE: Got to go this year with the Sweetie - Awesome!) . . . I fantasize about doing a musuem tour of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.; the Prado in Spain; the Louvre in Paris; and the Met in New York. I'd also love to make it back to Nepal and do the full Annapurna circuit.

Anyway, I have an art degree, and am working on a Masters of Science in Creativity. I've worked in market research and communications, and used to have my own business making silkscreened and batiked clothing covered in Goddess imagery. I'm passionate about art and business and spirituality and creativity - and love those places where they all come together. My big dream is to help people who want to make a difference in the world rekindle their creativity and enthusiasm and spiritual connection in the world of work . . . quite a mouthful, huh?

I'm mostly a night person, and keep a pretty crazy schedule . . . lately, I've been weirdly obsessed with diet coke, blueberries, bubbly lemon-flavored water, half-caf soy lattes, and Coconut Bliss Frozen Dessert - the Mint Galactica flavor.

I've been doing a lot of collage and mosaic work lately - taken things that are broken or fragmented and making them into something new, taking things apart and then re-creating them.

I want to meet people who can ask big questions and still laugh at themselves. Who love to travel, and love to come home. Who are as happy eating bread and cheese in the back of a pickup truck after a hike as they are eating at a fancy restaurant after a day at the art museum. Who are passionate about the beautiful things in life. Who see the sacred in the everyday. Who can hold a paradox while dancing with order, truth, and chaos. Who are unafraid of talking, listening, and honesty. Who find the idea of cooking dinner and talking about God or art as interesting as a night of science fiction/action movies/romantic comedies and Thai takeout. Who want to make things and want to make a difference. Who can handle the messiness of getting to know who they are, and getting to know who I am. Who are pragmatic and still capable of being optimistic. Who are on a Quest of Spirit. Of course, I'm also an introvert, so I don't get out much.