A Lesson From Love Dogs: How Can Language Be Transformative?
This is an excellent example of the transformative power of language: “And that release freed his voice and his spontaneity.” Something in this poem resonated with a hidden part of Christopher that was ready to be revealed. And once revealed, it freed his voice, giving him more depth and breadth as a performer. Continue reading →
What it Means to Be a Man Today
by David McCalib (Written circa 2 A.M. Sunday, 12/19/2010) These are challenging circumstances to focus on this now, in a cold room with a migraine at 2 A.M.; I’d rather be warm under five layers or in a hot tub or gently swinging in a hammock on a tropical Pacific island paradise, but I will do my best to focus on this idea, this task that flashed out of nowhere after I was asked to write something and envisioned writing it. What...
Five Generations: Looking Back and Forward
by Steve Norcross At 69 years of age, I am blessed with three of us living and vivid memories of two others. Now that the year is turning to yet another, the holiday time has me looking back, and looking forward. Granddad was, to me, a curious example of a not-very-interesting man. Coming from humble beginnings, he learned a trade that has long since been mechanized: plate glass cutting. Mostly I remember that he was grumpy, not...
The Gold-Light Path
by James Hanny In most anything a Man encounters or desires, he has a choice upon which road to traverse. And in that destination, he chooses one of two essential directions in which to flow his decisions—to release and direct his energies. **************** One path taken is guided by his shadowy, dark fears. It appears to be, and he perceives it as, the real fabric of his experiences. This illusory path was configured from the legacy...
Persist: The ongoing journey
by Peter Clothier The gift of another insight today. Well, it’s not exactly new, but it arrives with good timing and particular focus. A peculiar set of circumstances led me this morning to a video interview on Living Smart with the Jungian scholar, therapist and writer James Hollis, who — among a great many other useful thoughts — challenged me with this question: What did I internalize from my parents’ lives? My mind...
On the trail
by Steve Norcross “Hike the Grand Canyon at your age?” Apparently this co-worker was not aware that ageist comments like this are not socially acceptable. He also was not aware of the assumption he made about what a man should be at my age. I was also immediately aware that he was really talking about himself, way overweight and definitely not fit and aging along with everyone else. Having recently moved to the Southwest,...
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