I stopped writing posts after Trump was elected and the subsequent chaos and ugliness that followed. I was determined to contribute what ever I had to add to the conversation about being human. It did not format into blogposts. I felt too confused by the immensity of strife and loss. I went local, found ways
Grief
Gallery The Shadow of Family Holiday’s
as we walk ahead
we cannot help but notice
the trace of our past
grey blue as night
leaving it’s tracks behind
Connection: A Revolutionary Antidote to Alienation
Holiday Moodiness / Sad Inward Bright Outward
In the Midst of a Mean election, Noble Beauty in a Song
Many of my patients have an increased sense of self -alienation since Trump has become so dominant in the American psyche . I recently came across this recording which aired on, This American Life. The songwriter, Sara Bareilles ,imagines Obama’s interior dialogue and the singer, Leslie Odom, offer us a complex painful and beautiful portrait