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Art Therapy

“One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn’t exist…..Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist” ― Stephen Hawking

Loremartis

“One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn’t exist…..Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist” ― Stephen Hawking

Grabbing for Connection

The saying “A picture is worth a thousand words” was driven home to ne this week.  Even though I believed in this concept for many years, and indeed my profession as an art therapist depends on it as a working assumption, it took actually seeing it to realize the profound truth that lies in the saying…

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Independence

This week Israel is celebrating 73 years of independence. I find the concept of independence a bit strange, and even in a way an oxymoron, since the meaning attributed to the word is freedom, or being self-sufficient…

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One-Legged Creatures

She was 48 when she died this week.  Her name was Bibian Mentel, and she was a champion Dutch snowboarder who won the gold in the winter Paralympic games of 2014 and 2018…

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The Record Player

I was inspired to think about the records we have by an article in the Globe and Mail written by a young woman from British Colombia.  She and her husband have found time during lockdown to sort through and listen to their parents’ collections of vinyl…

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Nightmare

I am aware that most people have nightmares every once in a while, and some even have recurring ones. Over the years I have encountered a specific anxiety and bad dreams in my clients especially around the holidays. This phenomenon occurs in every culture around their major holidays…

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The One

Almost 55 years ago, my husband of 54 years took one look at a young woman who pushed ahead of him in the cafeteria of the Weizmann Institute and said to himself “This is the one.” …

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