by rjacksonpaton | Aug 31, 2015 | connections, eco-somatics, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, writing
my trifecta made another appearance this incredible birthday weekend, as it came to me that three important lessons involve space, fluidity and embodiment. my experience of space (as i have come to learn) means coming-to-know about another’s perspective (STORY!)...
by rjacksonpaton | Feb 3, 2015 | connections, ethnoautobiography, readings
the fantastic blog brainpickings posted about Emerson last week, and the quote took my breath away… thanks Emerson and brainpickings!
by rjacksonpaton | Feb 3, 2015 | en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings
i’ve been reading an article in Psychology Today, and it has bearing on all kinds of unsettling work, both personal AND also social and cultural, too: ‘It’s an axiom of psychology that we are some recombination of all of our yesterdays. To move forward...
by rjacksonpaton | Jan 23, 2015 | en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings
the other day i read two articles in the NY Times magazine that were something of review essays about film, tv and books in popular culture. they struck me for a few reasons: first, my work of being unsettled is about breaking down the barriers that i’ve been...
by rjacksonpaton | Dec 23, 2014 | ethnoautobiography, readings, vulnerable ecology, writing
looking back over my sporadic postings, i pleasantly remember writing ‘playing in the wild’ just about one season ago, at the autumnal equinox. that seems fitting as i prepare to put together some further musings about an apparent explosion about things...
by rjacksonpaton | Nov 1, 2014 | ethnoautobiography, readings
At this time of dressing up, role playing, costuming, ghoulish trick-and-treating, I am compelled to at least give brief mention of my current inspirations… This is from John King’s “The Celtic druids’ year” “Perhaps the festival of Samhain...
