Category Archives: Ideas

kiss my flat plastic butt, reality! Homer Simpson


From: The Simpsons, Episode 550 – Brick Like MeIn which Homer has trouble distinguishing between his dream of living in little Springfield made of Lego- a world where everything fits and nothing hurts, and the “real” Simpsons Springfield. The two … Continue reading

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Understanding our Sensitivity – a workshop


A Workshop with Rufus May and Elisabeth Svanholmer
Toronto, Tue 17 June 2014
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Facing down rape: Women stand up to say they are not ashamed


First in a series of posts about the value, importance and  power of owning and  telling our story – and being heard. Science may think it has all the clever tricks to understand the universe and what we are to make … Continue reading

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when a person is kept in position of inferiority – Simone de Beauvoir


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stranger than we can think – Heisenberg


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Thank You – Alanis Morisette


Thank you India Thank you terror Thank you disillusionment Thank you frailty Thank you consequence Thank you thank you silence how ’bout them transparent dangling carrots How bout getting off all these antibiotics How bout stopping eating when I’m full … Continue reading

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escaping the asylum mentality – Rufus May


In an article in Occupied Times Rufus May announces his plans to leave the NHS [National Health Service] in  UK where he attempted, for  eighteen years working as a clinical psychologist to bring change to services from the inside – … Continue reading

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there’s a voice inside everyone – Bob Marley


this is to the people that have a voice inside of them that talk to them,
you know, that is the voice that people must listen to,
because in everything you gonna do there is a wrong way and a right way,
and if you listen good you will know the right way,
because there is a voice inside talking to everyone, seen?
Robert Nesta Marley
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Scientific truth does not triumph by convincing opponents – Max Planck


A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. – Max Planck Continue reading

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the message – Grandmaster Flash


Don’t push me cos I’m close to the edge. I’m try-in not to lose my head It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under     Songwriters: MARTIN/SHAPIRO/NESLER It’s like a jungle sometimes it … Continue reading

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