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Reclaiming our selves as artists
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Reclaiming our selves as artists

ByKim Hermanson

I’ve always wanted an art car. (I’ve admired them for years.) And after spending the July 4th weekend with my friend Dorcey (she’s one of the most inventive, wild, eccentric, creative people that I know), I went home and started painting my RV. It’s sort of like I broke through a barrier of some sort—from…

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Creating space for Spirit to speak

ByKim Hermanson

I’ve always been interested in the idea of creating space. For years I had a note attached to my computer that read, “Create Space for Spirit to Speak.” If we don’t have the space for it, we can’t do anything new or creative because our life is already filled up. A simple example is writing–one…

5 reasons why creativity and business have a problematic relationship – article in Medium

5 reasons why creativity and business have a problematic relationship – article in Medium

ByKim Hermanson

Some highlights from my article in Medium, Five Reasons why Creativity and Business have a Problematic Relationship… “Creativity lives in the unknown…in a fairy-tale place that’s beyond how we are currently “looking.” True creativity is confronting, confusing, unacceptable, and childlike. And nearly impossible to measure, contain or define.” “Both Carl Jung and Albert Einstein said…

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Metaphors for change that are present in all cultures.

ByKim Hermanson

  Metaphor stimulates and catalyzes inner transformation. When we define and clarify these deep metaphoric structures, we uncover an unconscious human language. Certain foundational metaphors occur over and over again in the world’s literature. They are: Transitioning from caterpillar to butterfly. Awakening from the dream of reality. Uncovering the veils of illusion. Moving from captivity…

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Change happens when you see something in a new way.

ByKim Hermanson

I met someone recently who has spent years studying social change movements all over the world. He says successful social protests OPEN UP SPACE in places where we think there isn’t any space. For example, before the Occupy movement began in 2011, economic inequality was more accepted as “just the way it is.” But, he…