The present is not a phase in time. It is the tension by which past and future are metaphorically united and overcome. ~ Martin Foss Ten years after I completed the Ph.D., I was speaking to the president of a graduate school about teaching courses for his doctoral students in Depth Psychology. I didn’t have [ Read more … ]
symbol and metaphor in human experience
Love is Destructive
It has been said that love does not want to destroy, but to preserve. Quietistic love has been praised, [yet]…mere passivity is surely no true love. The process of love is a creative drive, a force which, in spite of its tranquility of the present, lives a life of active realization. I’ve often told the [ Read more … ]
Communicating with an Inexhaustible Power….
Creativity is all about relationship. When we create something new, we are making a connection with our self and our inner voice (of course). We’re also connecting with whatever is inspiring us at the moment–the subject we are studying, the tree we are painting, and so on. But there is another connection as well–when we [ Read more … ]