Breakthroughs happen when we open spaces we didn’t know existed.

ByKim Hermanson January 20, 2023November 16, 2024

It’s all about enjoying the process

ByKim Hermanson October 5, 2008November 16, 2024

A book I’ve been working on for almost ten years was supposed to be published last February. At the last moment, the University that was going to publish it dropped their publishing program due to political issues between the departments. There I was, back at square one, not knowing if my book would ever find…

Art | Books | Learning & Creative Process

Getting on the Inside and Pressing Out

ByKim Hermanson July 14, 2009November 16, 2024

“…we must get rid of this outside feeling of looking in on art. We must get on the inside and press out. Art is simply a result of expression during right feeling…Any material will do. After all, the object is not to make art, but to be in the wonderful state which makes art inevitable.”…

Working the Soil: Social Change and Metaphor

ByKim Hermanson September 27, 2010November 16, 2024

Don’t look for me in a human shape. I am inside your looking. No need for form with a love this strong. The lines above from Rumi can be interpreted in more than one way. As I teach courses on the psychology of metaphor, to my mind, Rumi’s lines refer to the power that metaphors…

Art | Imaginal | Learning & Creative Process

Navigating the Unknown

ByKim Hermanson January 3, 2012November 16, 2024

David Lynch, the legendary director of many noteworthy films including Elephant Man and Eraserhead, was once asked by Terry Gross on Fresh Air what he does when he makes a movie. After a long pause he replied, “You know, when I’m making a movie, I don’t know what I’m doing.” Of course there is something…

Learning & Creative Process | Metaphor | Teaching, Coaching & Facilitating

Metaphor’s terrain is the spiritual realm of the inner life

ByKim Hermanson December 3, 2021November 16, 2024

No matter our culture or upbringing, metaphor helps us process our inner world. At any given time, we may be “on fire,” “stuck,” “in over our heads,” “overwhelmed,” “burnt out,” or “in flow.” Metaphor helps us understand how we’re feeling and thus, better navigate our lives. What is not so well known is that metaphor…

Doorway Sessions | Learning & Creative Process | Metaphor

Opening doors

ByKim Hermanson December 5, 2012November 16, 2024

A new client whom I’ll call Alice came to me recently in a desperate financial situation. The work she’d been doing as a book editor had dried up over the past year, and she needed to find some other work quickly. She had decided to apply for a position as Project Manager at a non-profit….

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