Those were some words and phrases the Emeritus Professor used tonight in response to my description of some activities of the upper administration. Axé.
Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time! When you can’t create you can work. Cement a little every day, rather than add new fertilizers. Those are our three points du jour, although my favorites are still “Work on one thing at a time until finished” and “Work calmly, … More More from Miller
Miller works the way one did before having to listen to the harangues of professors who read Boice. He lived at Big Sur at one point–perhaps the mystical awareness came to him there. Here are three of his points, with my comments: Work on one thing at a time until finished. [Even when others demand … More Henry Miller was right
Not to withdraw, not to dissociate. To be aware of the tendency to do these things. To keep in mind that it is safe not to. (It really is amazing, the difference between not suffering anxiety/fear/panic and doing so, the difference between withdrawing and remaining in the foreground of oneself, and the difference between not … More This could be a “therapy goal,” if one is needed
Work on one thing at a time until finished. Start no more new books, add no more new material to ‘Black Spring.’ Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand. Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time! When you can’t create you can work. … More Even more for Henry Miller: the unsafe space
It is ironic to note that I am working 80% time, theoretically, at least the past month, so as to have time to devote to therapeutic activity, and that this is the first day I have taken off for that. In any case, I have gotten a lot done. I am uncomfortable working on my … More Postscript to Henry Miller
Tension physical pain headache fatigue sorrow regret anger nostalgia depression desire claustrophobia frustration oppression … these were some of my feelings last night and this morning. Then there is this: When I was teaching — especially at the University of Oregon and the University of Texas — my experience was always defined by limits. How … More Mejoré, but this morning…
I made a few comments elsewhere, that these are nice instructions for living but are not psychology. I wanted to say more, but it would not have been polite, as it was on the author’s sister’s Facebook page and she is a colleague. The author holds a chair and is famous and powerful, but his work is … More On being “positive”
I should read him more, and I should have seen this sooner. To borrow some inflammatory language from Marc Bousquet, the second is a waste product of the first. If the MOOC providers are like meatpackers, then the flipped classroom is how they’re going to get us to eat their offal. Now, we should look … More Jonathan Rees
“The brain is a hierarchical system,” Carhart-Harris said. “The highest-level parts”—such as the default-mode network—“have an inhibitory influence on the lower-level parts, like emotion and memory.” He discovered that blood flow and electrical activity in the default-mode network dropped off precipitously under the influence of psychedelics, a finding that may help to explain the loss … More Michael Pollan
