If you’re one who studies or works in the humanities, you might occasionally stumble across the term postmodernism. It was one of those words I couldn’t quite grasp until higher education forced my hand. Now I see the challenges of… Read more
image courtesy Yulia Chinato via Unsplash and of course, the 2011 poem that inspired us to choose it by Samantha Reynolds at bentlily — the art of noticing your life.
For those interested in Astrology, Saturn has a strong influence on our experience of self in the world. We are offered a karmic reckoning every 29.5 years, the time it takes for Saturn to return to the same place as… Read more
For people interested in esoterics, you might find this interesting. It’s from Rudolf Steiner. Within the sevenfold chain of metamorphoses – which has been described from many aspects in other works of the present author – the entire earth was,… Read more
Once again David Whyte is speaking to me as I juggle possible pathways.— Garry From ‘The Journey’ in ‘River Flow’, New and Selected Poems’ by David Whyte
… tired of ourselves … From Time Left Alone: in ‘River Flow: New and Selected Poems’ David Whyte
When I was in my 20s I met the work of a Dutch psychiatrist and educator named Bernard Lievegoed. He was well known in Holland and abroad, having founded the Netherlands Pedagogical Institute and written numerous books. He won a… Read more
Just for Today, I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life-problem at once. I can do some things for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt I had to keep them… Read more
For the most part it’s a sad and sorry world in terms of leadership. We look around, whether at work, in our religious and cultural institutions, or in the political sphere, and it seems no one can inspire the masses… Read more