Category: spirituality

• The Danger of Sport As Metaphor

  The dawn revealed a world held in deep fog, the snow cover having melted away in this week’s warmth. Bare ground and limbs remain. I’ve succumbed to the mid-January doldrums, and have taken to sitting before the fire with a good book. Occasionally I journey up to the studio and muck about. I’m not much…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 22, 2017

  Arts, Social issues, spirituality

  healing, metaphors, Narrative Therapy, rural communities, sport

• The Complexity of Reciprocity

  Another very warm day. The snow we had Tuesday night is rapidly melting. Here at the mid-latitudes climate change proceeds at a fast pace. I’ve been thinking about the negative tilt that can occur with reciprocity. Reciprocity refers to the tendency for systems to co-evolve, and is usually used to describe  small-scale human interactions that…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 19, 2017

  Healing, Social issues, spirituality

  healing, reciprocity, Shamanism

• Christmas Night

  

  Christmas Night has fallen across the valley, following a long, rich day. We were blessed with the opportunity to spend time last night and today with several old friends, and to make new friends. It was a joy to sit, and to play, with so many people of all ages who are determined to live…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 25, 2016

  spirituality

  Christmas

• Christmas Eve

  

  Tonight is Christmas Eve. As I write, twilight has fallen over the landscape. Throughout the day we have had light snow and rain, and the snow cover has slowly retreated, leaving a thin layer of white covering the ground. The Christmas story reminds us that as evening fell the Holy family was cold and hungry,…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 24, 2016

  spirituality

  Christmas Eve, Hunnakah, spirituality