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By Hole Ousia Posted on January 3, 2019December 4, 2024

Beethoven’s fifth symphony

This is a passage from Howards End and the Schlegel sisters are discussing Beethoven’s fifth symphony:It occurs to me that we are today doing the very same with emotion. If … Continue reading Beethoven’s fifth symphony

Categories: Classification of mental illness, Medical humanities, Psychiatry, Two culturesTags: E M Forster, emotions, music, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 25, 2018December 5, 2024

Filling the world with meaning

Yesterday, a friend of mine shared this poem by Norman MacCaig. My friend, a healthcare professional, articulated concern that professionalism, with all the dictats, protocols and algorithms that now “guide” us, … Continue reading Filling the world with meaning

Categories: Medical humanities, PoemsTags: emotions, feeling, John MacMurray, Mary Midgley, poems, Raymond Tallis, sensitivity
By Hole Ousia Posted on June 9, 2018December 5, 2024

even emotions

Imagine that our emotions were nothing but even. This is what this film is about. Even emotions: To play this short film please click here or on the image above … Continue reading even emotions

Categories: Medical humanities, Omphalos filmsTags: emotions, Omphalos films

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