Tag: Social Change

• Making Space for Conversation: A Project

  

  A lovely late winter morning, the light clear and vibrant on the snow and trees. The day is warm for late February; this entire week will likely be far above normal in temperature, a condition that increasingly seems normative in itself. Early Saturday morning a crew arrived to install solar panels on our roof. In…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 20, 2017

  Arts, Healing

  Arts, healing, letters, Social Change

• The Resilience of Stories

  A lovely, snow-covered morning. The woods are lovely and dark, and highlighted by the intense white of newly fallen snow; not much snow mind you, just enough to coat the trees. Ours is a remnant forest so it is not deep; there are just enough trees to support hermit thrushes. Under the snow, a layer…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 25, 2017

  native american, Psychotherapy, Stories

  Arts, healing, Shamanism, Social Change

• The Past in the Present

  

  Today dawned cloudy and cold. The ground is bare save for the occasional skiff of snow.  Our two-year long snow drought continues, the cold interrupted by warmth and rain. As we collectively limp towards the inauguration, I find myself strictly limiting my Facebook time. I’ve noticed that I seldom write anything remotely personal, only reposting…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 8, 2017

  Disability, Social issues

  healing, Polio, Social Change, stories

• Cycles of Change

  The year has turned. We spent New Years with family near the ocean, accompanied by warmth, both emotional and physical, and much good cheer. Yesterday was New Years Day, and we celebrated by following our Sunday routine when with family: breakfast, conversation, and newspapers. We then drove the five hours home. 

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 2, 2017

  Arts, Social issues

  Arts, In Montmartre, Social Change