by rjacksonpaton | Nov 19, 2019 | eco-somatics, en/gendering embodiment, our stories, writing
in praise of belly buttons... 11 november 2019 river jackson-paton [hand written in my journal!] for much of my life my belly button had no meaning it may as well have not existed granted at one point i pierced it but like the apparently useless earlobe...
by rjacksonpaton | Apr 6, 2017 | connections, creativity, eco-somatics, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, work of body, writing
after an absence, i return gathering a variety of materials physical and more nuanced attempting to offer them to the world ~ inspired by a talk by gabor maté on the “myth of normal” i am creating an (ab)normality cycle to illustrate the non-linear...
by rjacksonpaton | Dec 6, 2016 | connections, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings, writing
Jürgen and i are underway with revising a couple of chapters in our book on Ethnoautobiography: Jürgen’s working on the community chapter, Community and Communitas. I am spending some time with En/gendering Embodied Ethnoautobiography. In re-reading the chapter...
by rjacksonpaton | Sep 22, 2016 | connections, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings, work of body, writing
embodied trans*formation episode 1: Collecting dis-words 9-21-16 This story began as an effort to experience the relationship between shame and trauma. I have a number of references that I glanced at, including van der Kolk’s (2014) The Body Keeps the Score, but I...
by rjacksonpaton | Jul 28, 2016 | connections, dissertation, ethnoautobiography, readings, uncoveredwagon, writing
due to a variety of reasons (yes, one of them is Trump!), i picked up my 2012 dissertation this week and happened upon a section that seemed exceptionally timely: “Embodied conflict and permanent fear”. (i’ll go into more about that later, hell i...
by rjacksonpaton | Jun 5, 2016 | connections, creativity, eco-somatics, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings, writing
understanding confusion for Pan, Fenua, Jenny, Lisa & Amy, Shawn, Meredith, Sunanda, and probably others… with gratitude this story begins a few months back with brené brown (actually it begins much further back as the illustration shows!). she asked a question in...
