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from Pablo Neruda, Stones of the Sky

July 18, 2020 forrestwolfe

In depression, Pablo Neruda writes from outside of himself, and definitely outside of his personality. He writes from the stones…

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Posted in: creative responses to depression

depression has borne me gifts

February 15, 2020 forrestwolfe

Depression has borne me gifts. Pain is a patch of color. And when color slides off of things, then the…

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Posted in: creative responses to depression

the best of all treasures

January 11, 2019 forrestwolfe

“And most legends of treasure keep the inconspicuous in the background, as something incidental for which at first there is…

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Posted in: dream life

mystery clock

January 1, 2019 forrestwolfe

Beware the mystery clock of the world’s sleep. In middle age, sunk in habits and routine priorities, one may grow…

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Posted in: dream life

mountain men

November 10, 2018 forrestwolfe

“Give me men to match the mountains.” — epitaph for Jerry “Hog” Daniels, died 1982. By 1972, my father was…

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Posted in: living together

lumps

September 6, 2018 forrestwolfe

Gus was a veteran of the armed forces. Gus believed in America. But then a thing happened. No, she didn’t…

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Posted in: living together

patterns on a shore: psychoanalysis and faith

August 24, 2018 forrestwolfe

Julia Kristeva was a noted French-Bulgarian psychoanalyst who treated many women for depression, and who also advocated for the disabled,…

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Posted in: creative responses to depression, madness, psychiatry and faith

how to speak with dreams

August 13, 2018 forrestwolfe

I read somewhere that, if you are seeing a Jungian therapist about your dreams, then your dreams start to take…

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Posted in: dream life

the movie spoof

July 12, 2018 forrestwolfe

In this spoof of 80s fighter jet movies (like Top Gun), there is a gag where a boxing match  is…

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Posted in: dream life

maya deren’s meshes in the afternoon

July 11, 2018 forrestwolfe

This short avant garde film is perhaps Maya Deren’s immortal legacy.  Its historical importance for formal techniques is well established. …

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Posted in: dream life, madness and film genre

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