One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again. —C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia

Guilt is the sister of anxiety,
remorse a cousin of regret.

— Salman Akhtar, 2014.

Experience is but a moment. Making sense of that moment is a life.

— Richard Flanagan, Question 7

"Where there is shadow, there must be light.” Haruki Murakami

Identity is important not because we are always the same - if we were, we would scarcely think about our identities…It is precisely because we can be so different in different contexts that we need to ask ourselves “who am I?”
- Paul Wachtel

Jung said in a letter once that life is a short pause between two great mysteries. Beware of those who offer answers. They may be sincere, but their answers are not necessarily yours.~James Hollis, 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦

"The courage to understand and the courage not to understand — these are not intellectual qualities, but a matter of character, an expression of moral courage, an issue of inner sincerity— manifested in spite of and often in opposition to the ego."

— Theodor Reik, 1933

"Anything you avoid in life will come back, over and over again, until you're willing to face it—to look deeply into its true nature." ~ Adyashanti Art of a black horse emerging out of the fog: 'Subversion' by Irish artist Miriam Sweeney.

"Anything you avoid in life will come back, over and over again, until you're willing to face it—to look deeply into its true nature."

~ Adyashanti

Art: 'Subversion' by Irish artist Miriam Sweeney.

“Nothing is easy when you might come apart in the middle at any moment.”

Trauma, growth, and how to be twice as alive — beloved Moomins creator Tove Jansson on the worm and the art of self-renewal www.themarginalian.org/2024/08/02/t...

Excellent question!

Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G, Prélude

But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.

― Carl Sagan

"The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self..." www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/21/l...

To journey inward is to encounter both the light and the shadow. True self-discovery does not mean rejecting darkness but integrating it into the wholeness of one’s being.~CG Jung, 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 9𝘪

Painting featuring a cityscape crowded with bluish houses illuminated by street lamps

'Bristol Night II' by contemporary UK painter Cath Read #womensart

Contemporary psychoanalysis can be summed up in a single sentence: We treat ourselves as we were treated, and the only way to really learn to treat ourselves differently is to be treated differently. There’s nothing magical or unscientific about this.
- Michael Karson

AR captures Ogden's writing with beautiful clarity. A real joy to read! 🎯

[T]he unconscious, the healing process of the unconscious, never goes in a straight way. It always makes the most amazing detours.~Marie-Louise von Franz, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘵: 𝘈 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

Learn a range of theories; digest them well enough to hold them and use them lightly.

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

Reminds me of my former supervisor's office 2001-2, an emeritus professor who was well acquainted with Piaget's work. Lovely memories!

As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself...The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous amount of courage.~Bessel van der Kolk, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦

"If everything was amazing all of the time, I think we’d all be speechless, and if you make that your starting point for creativity, you’re going nowhere."

— Neneh Cherry

"The courage to understand and the courage not to understand — these are not intellectual qualities, but a matter of character, an expression of moral courage, an issue of inner sincerity— manifested in spite of and often in opposition to the ego."

— Theodor Reik, 1933

Poster with psychedelic style design with sweeping lines and distorted text featuring a face in busy blue green and orange complex image

Bonnie MacLean, US artist known for her 1960s and 70s classic posters using an iconic psychedelic art style to promote rock band gigs #WomensArt

"My proposition is that it is impossible to overreact. That when we call our reactions overreactions what we mean is just that they are stronger than we would like them to be."

— Adam Phillips

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Breathtaking!

Here's the oldest film of a solar eclipse, restored and released online.

On 28 May 1900, magician, astronomer and filmmaker Nevil Maskelyne used a special adapter to film the astronomical event in North Carolina.

Source: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/o...

🔭 🧪 #Science

Source: Tavistock Clinic Seminars, 1978