Essays & Reflections
On Listening: the Psychoactive Tai Chi of Dialogue
[Jan 17th 2022]
Experiences leading an emergent men's initiative provoked this exploration & exhibition of listening.
David Bohm and Dialogos pt.1
[Jan 1st 2023]
A piece on the work of David Bohm, a pioneer in quantum physics who saw great necessity for society to explore the transformative practice of dialogue. In so doing, forerunning the contemporary renaissance of ‘Dialogos’.
On 'Pedagogical Relationship'
for Wisdom & Fellowship in the Emergent Commons
[June 20th 2022]
This is a piece exploring the basis of learning relationships to enrich our lives.
A Walk in Nature Everyday: Medicine For Life
[Feb 15th 2022]
In winter, the fractal branching structures of trees offer a unique window into the mind of nature…In the patterns of trees, we can recognise the great rivers of the world and the branching patterns that permeate our own bodies—we may even begin to sense that we are of the same.
On Dialogos
[April 30th 2021]
Dialogos is a life affirming, creative and insightful experience that occurs within dialogue and flows beyond it. It is the fire that animates my life and catalyses creative growth. This essay explores:
The mythic Origins of Dialogos and Logos & the Emergent Potentials of Dialogos
Feeling for the Path:
Reflections on Navigating the Hyperconversation & Intuitive Podcasting
[June 20th 2021]
I share the experiential and philosophical insights have emerged in my 18 month learning journey with SenseSpace podcast. The paper explores: Approaching Conversation, Intuition & Timing, Listening for the Path & Balancing on the Path.
Conscious Cannabis Culture
Inviting a new era in Cannabis Culture
[August 12th 2022]
On becoming the artist
“….To create art is a healing process. To transform struggle and suffering into beauty affirms life. Participating in some small measure in the beautifying of being, attuning to the rhythm of the Moment and the gathering of things: this is the dialogos of the artist.”
Wisdom in a Brushstroke
“…When we flipped over the paper the images revealed seemed to illuminate the very unique and distinctive creative flavour of our two minds. Amidst all that happened that day in San Francisco the drawing game had faded into the background yet something about it has begun to resonate in hindsight.”
A day to remember
“…I had set out into the deep Berlin winter night. It has been snowing for a few days now continuously; the world has been transformed and made enchanted beyond recognition. The magic of life is shining out anew as the familiar fades in the fantastically dark and illuminated night.”
The Churches are empty, why not sing in them?
“We payed our entry and found the church filled with plywood construction and run by caretakers with the icy and anal retentive spirit of a librarian who’s life’s mission making sure people aren’t whispering. Escaping all that, I found myself alone in the Crypt of the church admiring a beautiful and psychoactive fresco that flowed through myriad bible stories across the crypt ceiling…”
Remembering to Run
…Wanting more I grabbed my body warmer and headed out — first walking, then breaking into a run. As I took stride running through Boxhagener park life began to flow. People were bustling and I was running through clouds of reefer as people enjoyed the early spring sunlight around the park.
Music 2020/2021
I’m not a music writer and I’ve never written on music, but its been an undeniably huge part of my life. For my own pleasure and whoever cares to read, I’ve distilled here reflections on the music that has guided me through the insane and beautiful time of 2020 & 2021…
Pilgrim’s Road Jan 2023
A monthly reflection, including prose, new podcasts and a spoke-word poem.
Grieve Brittania
“As we let go of what is no longer ours to hold, our hearts open. We can look out with teary eyes and connect with one another again. We can let our social distance become social intimacy. We can greet a stranger as a friend, our fellow Briton.”
David Bohm and Dialogos pt.2
The danger of thought and the power of communion
