Suburbia is fundamentally linked with the symbolism of “home”. And the symbolic reality of Home runs incredibly deep in the human psyche. In the western world, one of the greatest and most profound tributes to the depth and power of this symbolism is found in…
Underpinning the whole of life in the suburbs, in fact, the whole reason for the existence of the suburbs, is a particular vision of “the ideal life”. This ideal is incredibly pervasive. Just as fish who swim in the ocean or an aquarium may have…
Years ago, in 1974, analytical psychologist James Hillman introduced a lecture called “Abandoning the Child” in a way that in the age of blogs seems strangely prophetic. Hillman described how he was trying to communicate by strongly emphasizing the subjective, rather than the empirical side…
Well, this is the first new post for me on this blog for a very long time. Thanks to a tremendous amount of help from the people at Six Apart, my blog is now re-vitalized, with a whole new look, and very many new features. …