being and becoming in the world
Filmed at Thornton Fever Hospital (later a Children’s Home/School). ‘SAVAGES’: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: ‘The Campaign for Real Rock’ … Continue reading Passing through walls hurts human beings, they get sick from it
This is a passage from ‘A room with a view’ by E M Forster. It returned my thoughts to an approach to life taken by my profession, psychiatry. My thoughts … Continue reading ‘live in fragments no longer’
Filmed at Thornton Fever Hospital (later a Children’s Home/School). We need to look aifter oor bairns. It is my view that the ever increasing medicalisation of life will not break … Continue reading Savages
In 1747 two avenues of trees were planted at Gartincaber at right angles to each other. The avenue to the north of the house was of beech and has suffered … Continue reading Two avenues of trees
Mary Midgley died in her hundredth year. Mary Midgley [1919 – 2018]: To play a short film on Mary Midgley please click here or on the image below:
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