I’m currently enchanted by a book with an irresistible title: The Poetics of Space. Admittedly, I’ve barely begun reading it, but the concept alone has me hooked. I wish I’d come up with that title myself—it perfectly captures something I’ve loved my whole life: spaces. From an early age, I’ve been drawn to the magic…
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 that writers often have a “key image” that threads through their work, shaping their creative journey. He suggested that writers might spend an entire lifetime exploring a single key image,…
This coming winter, I’m teaching Psychology of Metaphor at the Institute of Imaginal Studies (IIS). It’s a class that changed my life before I even taught it. Back in December 2006, during my interview with the Director of IIS, he asked me what I wanted to teach. Without thinking, I blurted out, “Metaphor.” The funny…
A friend from Montana recently moved to the Bay Area, and adjusting to life here has been quite a journey for her. Montana, with its remote, spacious beauty, is a world apart from the bustling, energetic Bay Area. When I first moved to Montana, I finally understood why it’s called Big Sky Country. The towering,…
On Monday, I brought small pumpkins into my class at the Sophia Center. But instead of simply handing them out, I had everyone close their eyes and hold out their hands to receive one. The goal was to bypass their minds’ pre-stored ideas about pumpkins and invite them into a wordless, sensory experience. With their…
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