Author: loisholzman

07 Mar Performing Community + Seeming Ridiculous = Revolutionary Love

Posted at 22:22h in Culture, Events, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements 3 Comments

My last post referenced the Consciencia Congress I was about to fly to Puebla Mexico for and this post gives a flavor of it. Seven speakers all in one (very long) day—addressing the topic of love, mostly from the perspective of the individual and how love is good for you....

01 Mar Love and Consciousness (and Activism)

Posted at 18:00h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Events, Human Development, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

On March 3 I'll be in Puebla Mexico as a speaker at the Fifth International Conference on Consciousness and Spirituality, sponsored by the Transpersonal Instituto Universitario of Puebla. To this organization, transpersonal postulates a paradigm shift and expands existing models related to human behavior. This year's theme is "The Consciousness of...

28 Jan SNL Shows the Communication Trap

Posted at 19:13h in I Like This, Look and Listen, What's New 0 Comments

Thanks to my friend Marian Rich for letting me know how last Night's Saturday Night Live (1/27/18) complemented my post, "The Communication Trap." [youtube height="HEIGHT" width="WIDTH"]PLACE_LINK_HERE[/youtube]...

28 Jan The Communication Trap

Posted at 00:42h in Culture, Language, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

“Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.” So said Mark Twain, a wise and witty man with a singular way with words. I’ve long thought Twain is giving us excellent advice and these days it’s especially compelling. Whether in the newspaper,...

27 Jan Words to Ponder #32

Posted at 16:16h in Creativity, I Like This, Uncategorized, What's New, Words to Ponder 1 Comment

Today's words juxtapose the profound and the everyday imagination of Mark Twain. I. You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. II. One of my sorrows, when the summer ends, is that I must put off my cheery and comfortable white clothes and enter for the winter into...

13 Jan Not Everything that is Important is Measurable

Posted at 17:54h in I Like This, Psychology of Becoming 8 Comments

Straightforward and important article. I recommend it! A Cure for Our Fixation on Metrics is an essay from The Wall Street Journal by Professor Jerry Muller, adapted from his new book, The Tyranny of Metrics. Muller says: With measurement as with everything else, recognizing limits is often the beginning of wisdom. Not all problems...

04 Jan Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools

Posted at 00:28h in Creativity, Education, Interviews, Look and Listen, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements, What's New 0 Comments

I invite you to listen to or read a transcript of a podcast I recently did on Art Ed Radio. My topic was “Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools.” It was a joy speaking with host Tim Bolgatz on what is a passion of mine. The radio show is...

09 Dec Words to Ponder #31

Posted at 18:01h in Culture, Performance Movement, Performing the World, Vygotsky, Words to Ponder 0 Comments

Today's words are from psychologist Vesna Ognjenovic, whose long and full life dedicated to helping people to create a developmental and peaceful world ended this week. Her work and her inspiration continue! Vesna appeared in the video Performing the World 2007. A fellow follower of the revolutionary Vygotsky, Vesna had this...

08 Dec A Life Devoted to Development

Posted at 21:50h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Human Development, Psychology of Becoming, Vygotsky 4 Comments

I woke up the morning of December 4 to the sad news that Vesna Ognjenovic passed away the night before at her home in Belgrade Serbia. Vesna was a friend, a comrade and an inspiration to me and my community for over 20 years. We met in Geneva in 1996...

03 Nov Mental Health News Radio

Posted at 10:18h in Events, Human Development, Interviews, Look and Listen, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements 0 Comments

Thanks to Kristin Walker for interviewing me on her important podcast series, Mental Health News Radio ...