Metaphor

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Unlocking creative transformation: The power of metaphor in life and art

Many years ago, I began giving intuitive readings to friends and family. These readings weren’t about prediction or fortune-telling—they delved deeper. I worked with metaphors and images I saw “under the surface” of whatever situation they were grappling with. People loved my readings and frequently asked for them, but I hesitated to embrace the word…

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Exploring the power of metaphor: A one-day workshop at Book Passage

God is unknowable. All we have is metaphor. This same truth applies to understanding anything of depth or complexity—our universe, each other, or even how to navigate a turbulent situation. The metaphors we hold shape our ability to construct meaning and find our way. Metaphor is more than a tool of language; it’s the framework…

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Unlocking creativity through metaphor: Join my workshop at Book Passage

“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. Yet, in our modern world, we tend…

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How metaphors shape our world: Reflections on David Brooks’ ‘poetry for everyday life’

A while back, David Brooks wrote a fascinating New York Times column about the role of metaphor in everyday life, titled Poetry for Everyday Life. Here’s the link: Read the article. One line from the piece has stayed with me: “Even the hardest of the sciences depend on a foundation of metaphors. To be aware…

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Metaphor: The new critical thinking and how it shapes how we learn

Metaphor: The New Critical Thinking? Every so often, I receive an email that lingers in my thoughts for weeks. One such email, from someone named Eileen, has been sitting in my inbox for two months. The subject line alone stopped me in my tracks: “As if…metaphor is the new critical thinking?” That phrase has stayed…

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