A Psychology of Becoming
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A Psychology of Becoming

Here's where I share what I'm thinking about. I would love your comments.

21 May

Posted at 01:25h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Events, I Like This, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Training/Classes, What's New

    I spent the weekend with nine terrific people discovering and creating development.  The occasion was the spring Discover Development-NYC, a twice-a-year three day adventure that I have the privilege of leading thanks to the East Side Institute. People come together and immerse themselves in developmental activities of the Institute, the...

12 Jan

Posted at 03:27h in Activity Theory, Creativity, Culture, Language, Philosophy, Popular Posts, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements

Here’s something I’ve been mulling over for a long time (decades!): the “blessing and the curse” that is human language. What an invention! Making sounds together creating meanings, meanings creating and shaping and reshaping perceptions, concepts, beliefs, feelings, relationships, images, imagination… What we have done and continue to do with, and...

29 Nov

Posted at 05:38h in Psychology of Becoming

In October and November, I led two Vygotsky seminars, one in person in NYC and the other online. About 40 people participated, many of them familiar with Newman and Holzman’s Vygotsky (what we call “our” Vygotsky in our writings) as practitioners in NYC, in other areas of the US and in many other...

21 Nov

Posted at 22:44h in Creativity, Culture, Psychology of Becoming

November 21, 2013 Dear Readers, I'll be transferring this site to its newly designed, easier to navigate, and more intereactive format over this weekend. It's been nearly two months in the making and, while I'm pretty happy with it, what matters is if you are! The impetus for the redesign was my decision...