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Metaphor

Head Knowing versus Heart Knowing

April 22, 2019

Every week, I get lots of suggestions from well-meaning folks for books they think I might be interested in, videos to watch, articles, and so forth that seem related to the work that I do. Since I work with imagery and metaphor, I get a plethora of suggestions for books and articles about imagery, metaphor, [ Read more … ]

On Key Images

January 2, 2019

I’ve worked directly with metaphor for 30 years, both professionally and personally, and there’s one image that has never let me go: I am a plant and I’m growing in rich, fertile soil. On a personal level, when I don’t know what to do or something in life is troubling me, all I need is [ Read more … ]

Metaphor Changes How We Perceive…and Therefore, How We Think

November 5, 2018

Years ago I was listening to a radio program where a climate scientist was being interviewed on someone’s show and they were taking questions from the audience. The first person to call in said, “No way. It doesn’t matter how much data you have. Climate change is not real.” It was clear that no amount [ Read more … ]

California Writers! Upcoming class

November 5, 2018

I love working with artists and writers… AND I have a class for artists and writers coming up this weekend at Book Passage in Corte Madera, I hope you can join me!  Scroll to the bottom for details. This month I spoke at the California Writers Club. It was their super fun Halloween meeting, and [ Read more … ]

Metaphor inspires us to produce, create & grow

October 17, 2018

Metaphor MOVES us energetically…inspiring & compelling us to produce, create & grow. The video below is from my talk at the Experience Joshua Tree Conference in June 2018. Enjoy! P.S. The video was shot by Sandra Goodin photography. (…edited by me.)

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