being and becoming in the world
On a recent break in Aberdeenshire, I read Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood [a gift from my daughter Rachel]. The following passage is from this book, it is the … Continue reading ‘But is unscientific, quite unscientific’
One of my old poems
Richard Holloway on FACTS. The quotes on FACTS are from Stories We Tell Ourselves.
These days I am a gardener. Sometimes I am reminded of my previous occupation. For 25 years I worked as an NHS psychiatrist. In my training I was taught how … Continue reading An extraordinary divide
In my subjective opinion, one of the most important articles written in the Journal of my College, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, was written by a colleague of mine who … Continue reading Psychiatry: the ‘subjective-objective divide’
I am the most scientific poet that poetry has ever known. AYE RIGHT! I am the most artistic scientist that science has ever known. AYE RIGHT!
When I was a psychiatrist we were trained to describe patients’ experiences ‘objectively’. This passage from ‘Stories We Tell Ourselves’ by Richard Holloway reminded me of the folly of such … Continue reading ‘The subjective-objective divide’