The same could be said for knowing anything of any depth or complexity … our universe, each other, or how to navigate through a turbulent situation. The metaphors that we hold are what enable us to construct meaning and find our way. Metaphor is much more than a tool of language–it’s how we make sense…
For a long time, the various parts of me have felt separate: I’m both an academic and a creative. I am passionate about teaching and learning, as well as creativity and the arts. As I’ve journeyed on my path, I’ve realized that it’s my mission to bridge the academic and creative. Since images lie at…
Creative individuals mentally play with images all the time, no matter what field they work in. But research shows that all of us are embedded in the world of mental imagery all the time… and our cognitive systems are based in metaphor. Even individuals who define themselves as “less creative” are at their most creative…
In the case of every historic scientific discovery and invention that is researched carefully enough, we find that it was imagery, either in dreams or in a waking state, which produced the breakthrough. –John Curtis Gowan Humans have four ways of knowing: thinking, feeling, physical sensing, and imagination, but we tend to favor only…
Awhile back, David Brooks wrote a New York Times column about metaphor in everyday life. (He called it “Poetry for Everyday Life.”) Here’s the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/opinion/12brooks.html?_r=1 My favorite line could be this one: Even the hardest of the sciences depend on a foundation of metaphors. To be aware of metaphors is to be humbled by…
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