Yesterday I was writing about madness and pain; today I will write about madness and joy. One mustn't think that madness always contains distress and…
I had coffee with a friend and found myself tongue-tied. I could hear my daughter chiding me, as she often does: “say something!” “I'm listening,” I…
I've recently stumbled across this post by Charlotte Beale, on the Mad in the UK website: Why writing and therapy are similar struggles. She writes…
I've discovered that words I wrote landed badly with someone, who read in them a personal attack (where a critique of ideas was intended.) It reminds me…
Yesterday I attended an online seminar on the subject The Mysticism Psychosis Continuum, hosted by ISPS-US and featuring author and social philosopher…
Yesterday evening I spent some time in the Mad Studies Discord drop-in session where my pal Unchange2change shared some opening thoughts for his thesis…
I thought I was done with online forums. In days past, I spent much screentime devoted to the conversations happening on the Dark Mountain discussion…
I've just submitted my application to pursue a PhD on the topic of 'Exploring mad knowledge through journaling.' I'm not sure if it will go anywhere…

February 2023

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