Monthly Archives: September 2017

If you cant treat with dignity and respect – then you need to get out.


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Blues Is My Wailing Wall – Mighty Mo Rodgers


I hear voices across the sea…          

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Q. What does DECOLONIZEYOURMIND mean to you?


Asante sharing with us some ideas of what DECOLONIZEYOURMIND means to him…     DECOLONIZEYOURMIND is a project by MADx, a conversation in a circle around the question: Q. What does DECOLONIZEYOURMIND mean to you ? Join us to hear, listen … Continue reading

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There is a way to prevent so many teenage girls being depressed – but no one wants to admit it


Powerfully written piece by Glosswitch in The Independent’s VOICES column… Nothing at all to add about the piece, since there is nothing I could possibly add. I though add how some respond to such truth-speaking: if you venture into the … Continue reading

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Same Drugs – Chance The Rapper


[Chorus 1] We don’t do the same drugs no more We don’t do the, we don’t do the same drugs, do the same drugs no more ‘Cause she don’t do the same drugs no more We don’t do the, we … Continue reading

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I’m An Asshole – Dennis Leary


I’m An Asshole – Dennis Leary Folks, I’d like to sing a song about the American Dream About me, about you, about the way our American hearts beat Down in the bottom of our chests, about the special feeling We … Continue reading

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Jupiter Jazz – Underground Resistance


   

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Grenfell Tower – Ben Okri


It was like a burnt matchbox in the sky. It was black and long and burnt in the sky. You saw it through the flowering stump of trees. You saw it beyond the ochre spire of the church. You saw … Continue reading

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HV Workshop #2: Working With Voices – OSHAWA 25th-26th Jan 2018


This two-day workshop will give you a practical, “hands-on”  introduction to a handful approaches you can use singly or in combination when supporting a person who has asked you to walk alongside them as they begin their work exploring and making sense … Continue reading

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Baboons in suits


Robert Sapolsky on how hierarchy has a destructive force in body and psyche in individuals and community. He is talking about baboons, the ones he’s observed for decades along with the effects of stress upon health and behaviour. His observation … Continue reading

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