Teacher, writer, amateur photographer, and foodie in New Zealand. Exploring attention, learning, spirituality, and neurodivergence—asking how we become fully human in an age of distraction. Often found in bookstores, restaurants, gardens and pubs.
when a child builds a self out of suspect materials "The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all." — Søren Kierkegaard A child builds a self out of the materials at hand. The
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."* — Ralph Waldo Emerson Looking back, I thought I was trying to change my sexual orientation. What I was really learning was the difference between truth and belonging. There is
or, Apophylaxis — a mind that protects itself "The irritation of doubt causes a struggle to attain a state of belief." — Charles Sanders Peirce, The Fixation of Belief (1877) For much of my life I was handed explanations of ADHD from the outside. First it was a disorder of
"Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours." — Luke 15:31 (RSV) There is a peculiar burden carried by many children who grow up in troubled families. They come to believe that they are the problem. Not because anyone necessarily says so outright.
Last autumn, I stopped to photograph a fallen leaf. It was lying in wet grass after the rain, covered in droplets. Dozens of people may have walked past it without noticing. Many, if not most, probably did. There was nothing extraordinary about it. It was simply a leaf at the
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