psychology of metaphor

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What image shapes how you see the world?

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.” The poet Stanley Kunitz believed that writers have key images that captivated them as children, and they keep working these images over and over…

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Guidance and clarity usually arrive as a metaphor

Many years ago I starting giving intuitive readings to my friends and family. My readings were not prediction or fortune telling–they were deeper than that. I read the metaphors–the images–that I saw ‘under the surface’ of whatever situation they were dealing with. Although people loved my readings and were always asking me for them, I…

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Images have a very quiet voice

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…

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We’re at our most creative when we actively engage with images

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…

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