My work with metaphor chose me; it was not my expected path in life. Through a series of experiences—harrowing, mystical, and profound—I came to be an advocate for a non-ordinary realm of profound beauty that we access through metaphor. Metaphoric images are the heart of the creative process and… I grew up in a family [ Read more … ]
Books
Don’t know what you’re doing? You’re on the right track.
When I started teaching professionally, I was faced with a dilemma: Present information in the conventional manner and try to look and act the part of “The Expert,” or on the other hand, honor the inspiration of my own unique creative process. I tried my best to do the first option and it didn’t fit [ Read more … ]
Listen to your original impulse
“We’re living in times that it’s not safe to play it safe anymore. Conventional life is changing and we need to take risks. We need to listen to that original impulse. If you’re creative, if you have an idea, if you have something unparalleled within you that you have to give this world, it doesn’t [ Read more … ]
Best-selling author Jennifer Louden’s Rave Review of GETTING MESSY
I’m so excited…I have just received this amazing review of Getting Messy from best-selling author Jennifer Louden! “Getting Messy is one of my very favorite books about teaching. Nobody else outlines what teaching is really like and how to approach is soulfully like Kim does. I created an entire course before I read this [ Read more … ]
Getting Messy at East West Books, Mountain View, CA Friday June 1st 7:30 pm!
Hi All, I’m planning to bring my guitar and encourage loud, boisterous singing at this upcoming event this Friday evening, at East West Bookstore in Mountain View. At my last book event, an elderly lady kept asking me when we were going to get “messy.” She helped validate what I was feeling–a “traditional” book talk [ Read more … ]
