“Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.” ~ Orson Scott Card Metaphor cuts through mental chatter and confusion. 1. An artist who’s involved in too many outside projects sees her work as an apple tree with ripe fruit. It’s time for her to harvest her fruit. If she doesn’t,…
Critical thinking is often misunderstood as the act of finding faults or poking holes in arguments. Perhaps it’s the word “critical” that trips us up, conjuring images of harsh judgment or opposition. But true critical thinking isn’t about tearing things apart—it’s about going deeper. At its heart, critical thinking is the ability to look beneath…
Physicist Arthur Zajonc suggests that our culture urgently needs the cognitive capacities of artists. But what exactly are those capacities, and why are they so vital to us now? Perhaps these capacities begin with an artist’s willingness to dwell in uncertainty. Where others seek clarity and definitive answers, the artist embraces confusion, allowing it to…
It’s a myth that complex problems require complex solutions. The more complex we get, the more we’re in our heads. The more time we spend in our heads, the more we’re focusing on the problem and making it worse. Our thinking cycles around, it goes in loops. So when you’re confused or need a solution,…
Images are the psyche’s preferred way of operating. Whether we’re aware of it or not, our brains don’t think without images. The original and basic unit of mental activity is the image. Long before we develop language, we rely on images to make sense of the world. Images are our native language. Clients often come…
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