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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
Fierce Tenderness
I hold my face between my hands no I am not crying I hold my face between my hands to keep my loneliness warm two hands protecting two hands nourishing two hands to prevent my soul from leaving me in anger The poem first recited by Thich Nhat Hanh in Vietnamese and then by
Rage and Tenderness Can Find Solace In Each Other
Rage and tenderness are located so close to each other. Often they are walled off, each in their own isolation chamber. In time the barriers between become less formidable,
Racial Grief : Reflections
We need to take on the task of acknowledging racial grief in a theoretically and socially responsible way.A sustained focus on the intangible wounds that form the fissures underneath visible phenomenon of discrimination should be taking place …Racial melancholy is both the technology and the nightmare of the American dream. Adapted from : The Melancholy Of