Author: loisholzman

27 Jan

Posted at 01:42h in Human Development, Interviews, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics

I was recently a guest on Sally Fox's podcast, Vital Presence. We had a delightful conversation that meandered through play, performance and development. Sally's website is Engaging Presence—an apt description of Sally herself! Please listen! Lois Holzman-the art of becoming through play and performance Alex Doman, Sound and brain health...

24 Dec

Posted at 02:19h in Community Organizing, Culture, Politics, Psychology of Becoming

It’s become a tradition for faculty member Chris Helm to host the East Side Institute’s twice yearly Community Meeting and Fundraiser. Chris always gets everyone thinking with her educational and provocatively inspiring remarks that weave together current events, history, politics, science, and the Institute’s mission. This past November’s gathering was no...

02 Dec

Posted at 03:50h in Culture, I Like This, Words to Ponder

From Pablo Neruda's magnificent book of poems, Odes to Common Things, is this beauty (in English thanks to translator Ken Krabbenhoft). “Ode to the Spoon” Spoon, scoop formed by man’s most ancient hand, in your design of metal or wood we still see the shape of the first palm to which water imparted coolness and savage blood, the throb of bonfires and the hunt. Little spoon in an infant’s tiny hand, you raise to his mouth the earth’s most ancient kiss, silent...