Shadow Reflections

One of the central insights of the world's wisdom traditions, a core psychotherapeutic insight, and the deepest insight of great art and literature, is that human beings are powerfully drawn to see good within and evil without AND that human beings are at their most terrifying, capable of perpetrating the greatest atrocities, and maximally self … Continue reading Shadow Reflections →

Reflections on DEI at MacPhail Center for Music; An Open Letter to the MacPhail Community from a Former Faculty Member

Dear MacPhail leadership, Board members, faculty and staff, former colleagues and friends: It's been over two years now since my departure, but MacPhail is still often fondly in my thoughts, and I've continued to follow developments there. It is with some hesitation that I pen this letter. If I were still at MacPhail, I suspect … Continue reading Reflections on DEI at MacPhail Center for Music; An Open Letter to the MacPhail Community from a Former Faculty Member →

Integral Rising; The Emergence of Decentralized Intersubjective Sensemaking

I think I can say, with confidence, that I was not alone in my dismay when I learned the result of the US presidential election on the morning of November 9, 2016. At first, my anger and reactivity were blinding. Like so many on the left, I reflexively jumped to conclusions about what Trump’s election … Continue reading Integral Rising; The Emergence of Decentralized Intersubjective Sensemaking →