Love, metaphor, and the unexpected journey into teaching
“It has been said that love does not want to destroy, but to preserve. Quietistic love has been praised, [yet]…mere passivity is surely no true…
Metaphor
Revisiting the Partridge Family: Nostalgia, joy, and hidden metaphors
The first LP I ever bought was The Partridge Family Album. I was 11 at the time and felt like a grown-up when I presented…
Unlocking hidden realms: The gateways of metaphor and art
In his novel Ulysses, James Joyce writes: “Any object, intensely regarded, may be a gate of access.” This simple yet profound idea has stayed with…
Discovering your Key image: The heart of creative inspiration
There was a child went forth every day.And the first object he looks upon, that object he became.–Walt Whitman The late poet Stanley Kunitz believed…
Embracing creative emergence: Lessons from nature and human development
“There are two forces at work, as complexity science demonstrates: habit and creativity. Nature has laws that perpetuate existing patterns and forms (habits), but nature…
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