Category Archives: Ideas

I SEE WORDS, I HEAR VOICES

Posted on September 23, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

How do you share an experience when it does not come through the usual senses, common to others? recoverynetwork: Toronto is honored to be invited to collaborate with international artist Dora Garcia as her exhibition visits Toronto and The Powerplant. … Continue reading →

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I’m not smart enough to understand

Posted on September 16, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

If someone says something I don’t understand it doesn’t mean they are crazy
– it means I’m not smart enough to understand.
V.S. Ramachandran Continue reading →

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Stanley Unwin – Goldiloppers And The Three Bearloders

Posted on September 11, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

“When someone says something we don’t understand it doesn’t mean they’re crazy, it means we’re not smart enough to understand.” – V.S. Ramachandran Making words up is not a sign of illness, it’s a form of expression. Every word you … Continue reading →

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“schizophrenia” – an idea, not a thing

Posted on September 8, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

“Schizophrenia is a number of symptoms that have been put together to say that ‘this is an illness’.
And that’s an idea, not a thing.”
Dr Kwame McKenzie Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Gilbert – your elusive creative genius

Posted on September 7, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Gilbert on the creative process, how the idea that a person is a genius is relatively new – greeks and romans would regard themselves as having a genius – a special kind benevelent daemon or entity who would grant wisdom, … Continue reading →

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Seeing words, hearing voices when we read

Posted on August 27, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

reading is a common and life-enriching way we can hear voices that we can’t hear with our ears – by seeing the words on the page. Continue reading →

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One great splitting of the whole universe in two

Posted on August 17, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

“One great splitting of the whole universe into two halves is made by each of us; and for each of us almost all of the interest attaches to one of the halves; but we all draw the line of division … Continue reading →