Category: Poetry

Between The Word And The Deed/Entre Lo Dicho y Lo Hecho – A poem/Un poema

Post author By Velleda C. Ceccoli Ph.D.
Post date December 31, 2011
Categories In Language, Poetry
2 Comments on Between The Word And The Deed/Entre Lo Dicho y Lo Hecho – A poem/Un poema

Poetry seems to access emotions through words. Poetry moves language beyond its daily use, shifting it beyond itself to the language of emotion. Much like music and art, poetry speaks to us in a direct and most personal way. I originally wrote this poem in Spanish, years ago. Here it is below, in both English […]

THE LANGUAGE OF AFFECT: feelings and emotions.

Post author By Velleda C. Ceccoli Ph.D.
Post date October 31, 2011
Categories In Blog, Language, Poetry, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Trauma
1 Comment on THE LANGUAGE OF AFFECT: feelings and emotions.

I have been thinking about emotions and feelings lately, and about how differently people respond to them. There are those people who treat their emotions and feelings as valuable sources of information, considering them like their third eye or ear, a personal route to felt, implicit knowledge. Such people approach their feelings with a sense […]