October 31, 2010 "My parents had 3 children. My older brother became an artist. My younger brother became actor, director and theater producer. I became a psychologist. Maybe, that is why I am so invested in understanding psychology as an artistic creation. It is very important for me to build a...
October 30, 2010 I recently finished a revision of a chapter on social therapy, by Fred Newman and me, for a book being put together by Tom Strong (University of Calgary) and Andy Lock (Massey University), two long-time postmodern colleagues of ours. The book, Discursvie Perspectives in Therapeutic Practice, is scheduled...
October 29, 2010 A friend sent me this link to a talk by Ken Robinson. What's great about it is that it's not a talking head, but an animated drawing that keeps time with (and brings to life) what he's saying. I recommend not only watching it, but showing it to...
October 25, 2010 That's the question that over 500 people from 38 countries played and performed with, and created conversations, dances, music and skits about—and simultaneously shared the inspiring and creative work they are doing in their communities, schools, hospitals, universities, NGOs and neighborhood streets. The event was Performing the World 2010,...
September 25, 2010 One of the blogs I read regularly is The Hankster, which presents independent voices and news from across America. This week I was glad to see attorney Harry Kresky speak about human development. Here's part of what he says. Going into the Congressional midterm elections, the focus is on...
September 14, 2010 One evening last month I had a terrific time creating conversation on language, speaking and thinking with five young performers—members of an all-youth cast that recently performed Macbeth on one of the stages at the All Stars Project in NYC. I was blown away by the show. It...
September 13, 2010 What would you call a center for development open to people of all ages? With an array of programs, workshops and classes spanning culture, performance, leadership, volunteerism? Offering sessions with development coaches as often as you wish? Having the opportunity to grow from all NYC has to offer?...
August 16, 2010 My good friend Dan Friedman has written a paper I highly recommend. Entitled “Theatre for Nothing,” the paper delineates how theatre is being instrumentalized, especially in relation to social change efforts. Dan urges that politically oriented theatre activists recognize the stifling effect this is having on the potential...
August 10, 2010 I know hundreds of performers-social change workers (and know of hundreds more). But I'd not heard of Hector Aristizabal until Amazon sent me an email (just for me of course!) recommending his book written with Diane Lefer, entitled, The Blessing and the Wound: A Story of Art, Activism,...
July 17, 2010 Participate in discovering/creating responses to this question by attending the sixth Performing the World conference: Performing the World 2010, September 30-October 3, 2010, New York City (hosted by All Stars Project, Inc and East Side Institute for Group and short Term Psychotherapy) “Can Performance Change the World?” Performing artists, community organizers, theatre workers,...
