“Logic will get you from A to Z; but imagination will get you everywhere.” ― Albert Einstein I have always been partial to fairytales and science fiction because they helped me explore lands that I could only dream of, until, as a young child, I realized that I often dreamed of them while […]
Category: Fairy Tales
THE NUTCRACKER – On Being A Soldier Through Life.
During the recent holiday season, on my daily commute to the office, I walked by a poster of New York City Ballet’s Nutcracker, smiling at the familiar image of rosey-cheeked wooden soldiers and the memories that it elicited of my childhood. Until one morning as I walked by, it elicited something else, the image of […]
ON MEMORY AND THE RE-LIVING OF IT.
Memory is one of those concepts that has been studied for centuries and has spawned multiple theories about what it is and how it operates. In psychology we think about memory functionally: in terms of how it operates and what it does. Hence, there are various types of memory whose name describe its function. […]
ON MONSTERS, DEMENTORS AND OTHER MAGICAL BEINGS.
This blog is about Dementors, those magical creatures in the Harry Potter books, that suck all happiness away with a deadly kiss, leaving one empty of life and with nothing to look forward to. A fate, some would say, worse than death. If you are not familiar with the Potter books, no worries, read on, […]
ON MAGIC AND BEING CHILDREN NO LONGER.
Ask most adults if they believe in magic and they will usually make a face, laugh or look at you like you have lost your mind. Yet, magic is what this blog is about: magic, and how we lose access to it and forget how to use it. A definition from the Oxford English Dictionary: […]
COURAGE -A Fairy Tale.
As a young boy, Courage stumbled on a sharp rock as he was attempting to dive off a high cliff into the ocean below for his daily swim. The rock cut into his foot sharply, making him bleed and leaving a deep gash. “I will swim anyway,” he thought, “as the sea water will cleanse […]
PSYCHE AND SOMA – A Developmental Tale.
When Psyche was very young, it was all about Soma. Psyche would find herself empty and uncomfortable, and Soma would writhe and cry until that emptiness was filled. Psyche would loose herself in the colors and shapes around her, and Soma would flip on his side, or play with his toes, or suck on them. […]