Consciously or not, metaphor is how we learn, grow, and heal. Metaphor, the language of the right hemisphere, is the first language we learn as babies… feeling our way in the world. But metaphor is much more than that. Metaphor is how we receive higher knowing… it’s how Spirit, the Divine, higher consciousness (or whatever…
Creative power is Godlike. When we’re on fire, nothing can stop us. Can a boulder block a stream? No. The stream is going to go somewhere whether the boulder is there or not. A boulder can’t stop it. The Deep Creative is the power of that stream and it’s possible for us to harness it….
Throughout the world’s literature, certain metaphors of transformation appear time and time again, reflecting the universal human experience of growth, awakening, and renewal. These metaphors capture the deep processes of personal and collective change, symbolizing our journey toward greater understanding, freedom, and wholeness. From the delicate metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly to the…
Clients often come to therapy because of negative associations and patterns (negative metaphors). But in my own work, I find it helpful to go deeper… into a client’s innate positive (rather than negative) metaphoric associations. Fifty years of outstanding research by George Lakoff and others has demonstrated how metaphors form the basis of our cognition,…
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, so that’s why some popular books on creativity and imagination aren’t listed.) Enjoy. THE AESTHETIC DIMENSION: Towards a Critique of Marxist Aesthetics by Herbert Marcuse ALONE WITH THE ALONE: Creative…
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