I am not sure what has instigated this current need of mine to scrutinize, when and why, I offer consolation. Possibly the stage of life I have entered. Certainly there are many situations in which I am grateful that I have the resource, impulse, desire to soothe, to comfort, to empathize. But there are tragedies
Individual Therapy
Meeting Places: The Elusive Engagement of Memory and Desire: Book Excerpt
: Mended Wings, Brokenness and Inspiration When a child is deprived of basic relational sustenance other resources must be employed. Emory entered his little world like all creatures, reliant on others for nourishment and protection from danger. At first, these were provided, if barely
Dissolving and Creating
Many of the people that come to see me in my practice me are “creatives,” artists, musicians, writers, actors. When they enter a cycle of deep integral change and the familiar ways of approaching their life no longer offer clarity or comfort, I remind them of the cycles in a creative process. One begins inspired, magnetically
Dark Is Not The Opposite of Light
I took this photo of a mural I came across while wandering in the Mission in San Francisco some years ago. It still knocks my socks off. I stood for a long time in front of it. I wanted to light a candle right there in the alley to such a basic hard earned and
Perfect Stupidity and Profound Intelliegence
Photo of a portion of a sculpture from : The African Art Center in Houston For more information contact : Sulyman Jarra I hesitated to put