my little workshop for MentalHealthCamp, “blogging yourself home” about blogging, writing, creativity and mental health had me think hard about the connection between these topics in the last week or so. i was deligthed, then, to come across alison, who blogs (and teaches) about writing about mental health. in this post, she asks why do… Continue reading why we write
Category: creativity: poetry, art, etc.
mental health camp: speaker list, diagnosis, and the history of stigma
for today, i’ll simply send you over to the MentalHealthCamp site. we have a list of presentations now – really interesting stuff – topics reach from anonymity and pseudonymity to ADD to online therapy to stigma and self stigma – please check it out! the title of my presentation will be “blogging yourself home” –… Continue reading mental health camp: speaker list, diagnosis, and the history of stigma
buddhist carnival: april 2009, poetry month
the 15th, buddhist carnival time. it’s april, poetry month, so i’ll post only poems and poetry-related articles. from last month’s montreal zen poetry festival i longed to visit the eastern cliff countless years until today i finally grabbed a vine and climbed but halfway there met mist and wind the trail was too narrow for… Continue reading buddhist carnival: april 2009, poetry month
recycled poetry on a wordless wednesday
image by pupski
a sound poem
i can hear the water running steady a light gurgling and then quiet rushing dripping but those are not sounds just words i want to tell you – really, i want to tell you – what i hear, not words for water-actions i want to tell you about the sounds how much those vibrations mean… Continue reading a sound poem
inspired!
it’s sunday inspiration time, a meme created by my friend sojourner. today i am inspired by reading and writing haiku my 2-year-old grandson and his single-minded focus on choo-choo trains my professional immigrant clients from china who are giving up impressive professional success in their country to start from scratch in a totally new culture… Continue reading inspired!
the archetypes: addict, magical child, hedonist
the following is an excerpt from carolyn myss’ fascinating “gallery of archetypes”. most of us can recognize ourselves in one or more of these archetypes, or typical ways of being in the world. in her descriptions, carolyn myss tells us about the positive as well as the shadow (some would call them negative) aspects of… Continue reading the archetypes: addict, magical child, hedonist
emily dickinson for sunday tea
for a leisurely sunday delight, please visit my friend ashok’s blog and a looong discussion of an emily dickinson poem – this one: i could suffice for him, i knew – he – could suffice for me – yet hesitating fractions – both surveyed infinity – “would i be whole” he sudden broached – my… Continue reading emily dickinson for sunday tea
chaotic thoughts on employment counselling
another live blog from the career management conference! glenn olien works in employment/career counselling in the construction industry warning: aptly, since this is about chaos theory in counselling, these notes will be somewhat chaotic, more than the two live blogs before. kind of like twitter on a blog 🙂 questions to be discussed: why do… Continue reading chaotic thoughts on employment counselling
vancouver’s shootings and restorative justice
on tuesday, there was a shooting in my neighbourhood, on vancouver’s fraser street. pretty scary – it was less than three blocks from my grandson’s daycare. there has been a rash of gang activity and violence in vancouver in the last few weeks. like anyone else, i’m asking myself, what’s going on? what happened to… Continue reading vancouver’s shootings and restorative justice