After I finished my Ph.D., I moved to the wilderness of northwest Montana
After I finished my Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, I tried very hard to do what I was ‘supposed’ to do… get a tenure-track…
creativity
When we don’t know what we’re doing, our brain hooks up to higher wisdom
I once heard Terry Gross interview the celebrated filmmaker David Lynch interviewed on her program, NPR’s Fresh Air. Gross asked Lynch something about what he…
It’s freeing to pursue what our heart loves
I taught creative process courses for several years in a graduate program at the Sophia Center at Holy Names University. The thing I enjoyed most…
17 potent, inspiring & unknown books on the power of imagination and metaphor
In alphabetical order, 17 potent, inspiring, and relatively unknown books on the power of art, imagination, learning, and metaphor. (These are books not commonly known,…
The power of images to unlock creativity and breakthroughs
Humans have been harnessing the power of inner images since pre-historic times, when tribes painted their visions onto cave walls. Psychologist David Premack noted, “The…
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