As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, I’ve always been interested in the concept of “space.” My work when I teach is all about creating space. In fact, I have learned that being able to create rich, fertile space is way more important than any subject matter expertise that I may have. So if space is [ Read more … ]
Teaching, Coaching & Facilitating
Neglecting the Nonverbal Intellect
"The main theme to emerge…is that there appears to be two modes of thinking, verbal and nonverbal, represented rather separately in left and right hemispheres, respectively, and that our educational system, as well as science in general, tends to neglect the nonverbal form of intellect. What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates [ Read more … ]
Speaking from One’s “Being”
I just saw the movie, Meetings with Remarkable Men, a film based on a book written by the Greek-Armenian mystic, G.I. Gurdjieff (1866-1949). The book and film are about meetings that Gurdjieff had when he was younger with several “remarkable” men. At one point in the movie, Gurdjieff is in a monastery. The head monk [ Read more … ]
Love is the Soul of Genius
Mozart said, “Love, love, love—that is the soul of genius.” And Johann Wolfgang von Goethe claimed that “People cannot learn what they do not love.” Unfortunately, in our intellectualized society, where the power of the word nearly always triumphs over the power of the heart, having feelings (or dare I say, passion) for something isn’t [ Read more … ]
Create Space for Spirit to Speak
This coming winter I’m teaching Psychology of Metaphor at the Institute of Imaginal Studies. In December of 2006, I was interviewing with the Director of IIS and he asked me what I wanted to teach. I found myself blurting out, “Metaphor.” But the truth was, I didn’t know anything about metaphor as an academic subject, [ Read more … ]