Poem By Carol Daly A word or a few in praise of Rituals, of which we know can heal Walking and running, meditation and yoga all help us cope and deal In wake of Irene the streets today were filled people rambling For flashlights -water -cans of tuna in stores they all were scrambling The …
August 2011 archive
Treasures of the Heart
By Carol Daly What is it that you do that makes you stand apart from others? What do you contribute that makes you feel good about yourself? Whether one is a great teacher, administrative assistant, nurse, skydiver, a loyal friend, mother or brother to someone, or if you cook sumptuous lasagna, each of …
STATES OF AFFINITY
By Lida Prypchan The attraction, union or closeness between individuals is ruled by circumstance but also by identification and antagonism. Affinity, either for a similar concept of life, for a shared ideology, for interests in common. Antagonism, such as that observed between the man and woman who achieve perfect unity by complementing one …
Schizophrenia and Creativity
By Colette Inaba Schizophrenia and Creativity “The truly creative person is one who can think crazy” -Frank Goble “There was never a genius without a tincture of madness” -Aristotle “The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success” -Bruce Feirstein Outline …
A Daily Dose of Tolerance
By Carol Daly If you’ve never lived in or visited New York City and experienced the subway you have missed an entire culture made up of many cultures existing for the most part underground and underneath New York City and its boroughs. It’s one of the largest and complex systems in the world. The …