24 Jun Catalyst 2030—A Global Vision for Wellbeing
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Almost 20 years ago, the late Fred Newman and I wrote an essay for an academic journal in critical psychology. We titled it All Power to the Developing! We meant to provoke academics with such a politically-rooted slogan-sounding title. (And we did.) This past January, we at the East Side Institute resurrected this...
On November 9 I had the pleasure of being featured at the Normal? Brain Festival, originating in Folkestone UK (where it has taken place since 2015 in person over four days). This year the festival went virtual and runs through April 2020. The purpose is to bring science and art together...
Today's words are from the improv pioneer Viola Spolin from over fifty years ago “Motivation is limited and subjective, it cuts the players off from ongoing stage life, and it implies that you have a reason for everything.” “Words can easily become labels, dead and useless. The word or subject matter should...
At certain points in history, the paradigm that generated so much information comes to function as a hindrance to the use of that information. Fred Newman...
When adults, especially those with cognitive limitations, “babble,” it can be very difficult to see or hear them as offers to create with. Mostly, their sounds get interpreted (“Mom is crying, so she must mean she is in pain”), or reacted to with anger, frustration and/or great sadness. Rarely are...
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]...
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...
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...