How beauty fuels creativity… and saves the world
When Dostoevsky said, “Beauty will save the world,” he wasn’t referring to surface beauty. He was pointing to something deeper—poetic beauty. As James Hillman described…
Author: Kim Hermanson
Dr. Kim Hermanson helps creatives, pioneers, and seekers break free from linear thinking and access a deeper, more expansive intelligence through metaphor. An educator and adjunct professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute, she guides people into the mind’s third space—an untapped field of profound beauty and knowing. Learn more at MetaphorMind Lab.
Breakthroughs arrive in non-rational ways
Each of us carries a vast reservoir of non-verbal, non-rational, non-cognitive wisdom—a deep well of knowing that exists beyond the boundaries of logic and language….
Finding the next note: A path through creative blocks
When you’re not sure what to do next, what connection haven’t you seen? The composer Leonard Bernstein would complain sometimes about being dry and blocked….
How beauty guides discovery: Lessons from Einstein
Albert Einstein sought beauty in his scientific theories. For him, a theory needed to be not only useful but also elegant. He believed that a…
Who is an artist? Lessons from Nancy Cawdrey and the Gee’s Bend quilters
When I wrote the art book Sky’s the Limit, I spent hours interviewing the gifted artist Nancy Cawdrey. Nancy’s work is extraordinary, and her artistic…
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