In late December 2006, during a meeting with the president of a small university, I was asked what course I wanted to teach in their Ph.D. Psychology program. While I had curricula prepared, I surprised myself by blurting out, “Metaphor.” The response felt immediate, bypassing thought entirely, as if something spoke through me. I wasn’t…
The French writer Albert Camus wrote, “A man’s life is nothing but a slow trek to rediscover through the detours…those one or two images in whose presence his heart first opened.” Similarly, poet Stanley Kunitz believed that writers are often drawn to key images that captivated them as children, revisiting and reworking these images throughout…
When Logic Fails: How Metaphor Unlocks Creative Solutions Recently, a new client, Alice (not her real name), came to me in a state of financial desperation. The book editing work she had relied on for years had dried up, and she needed to pivot quickly. Her plan? Apply for a project manager position at a…
The artist Paul Reynard was once asked, “What is the place of art in contemporary life?” His response: “The question could well be formulated as, ‘What is the place of love in contemporary life?’” I’ve always been captivated by that statement—it says so much about the essence of art and its deeper purpose. Reynard’s writings…
Images speak in a very quiet voice. For a long time, the various parts of me have felt separate. I am both an academic and a creative, deeply passionate about teaching and learning as well as creativity and the arts. Over time, I’ve come to realize that my mission is to bridge these two worlds….
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