And Release Judgement — What judge of art could ever create art? What judge of life could ever create life? Life as Art Despite the limitations society might press on us, life is limitless, creative, and our deepest urge is to express ourselves in our own way and be heard. …

Gilles Deleuze and Creative Philosophy — Fulfillment What if life could be continuously fresh and new, light and free? What if even during our most difficult moments we had a light source within, a strength that could help us see beyond the darkness? What if every day we woke up, we could live life in the open…

Life Narratives — Paul Ricoeur The concept of a life narrative or story can also be found in philosophy. The French philosopher, Paul Ricoeur, focused on the hermeneutics, or interpretation, of the self, and developed a narrative theory in relation to our existence. His starting point was to assert that who I am is not…

Narrative Therapy — Authenticity We have been discussing fulfillment in relation to authentic engagement in our projects. What about over a lifetime? Is a fulfilling life found in our authentic engagement in a specific project? Or does it relate to all of the projects we engage in, and all of the meanings and values…

The Psychic One That is Pure Difference — Becoming Life The conscious ego as being is nothing more than a snapshot in an otherwise endless flow of becoming-life. Our challenge is to break through the transcendence of the ego and come into direct contact with the radically empirical world in which we are situate and in which we can participate. …

To Paint the Mind in the Open — The psyche is a repository for an open-ended set of problematics. The ego, as the central apparatus of a closed psychic structure, is a fleeting actuality camouflaging the underlying multiplicity of unconscious forces. The self is constantly in flux. The self of psychoanalytic psychic repression is a means only of…

The Psyche as Multiplicity — Deleuze and Jung Deleuze follows Jung insofar as the latter interprets the psyche as an open multiplicity. And he credits Jung with his focus on the problematic: The psyche is not an ordered system repressing sexual desire, but instead an evolving process of unconscious questioning, generating instincts and tendencies. Further, there is no…

Kant, Nietzsche, Freud and Jung — What is the nature of the self? What is the nature of the mind or psyche? Enquiries into the nature of the psyche are both philosophical and psychological. Here, we will focus on a narrow band of thought that is positioned on the border where philosophy meets psychology: Kant and…

Authenticity as a Process of Creating Meaning and Value — Reflecting on the Authentic I make choices and engage in projects passionately. On reflection, I create meaning in my life, and I articulate this meaning in the form of values. Acting authentically creates meaning, is a value creation process. I reflect on my creations, my projects, the meaning I embrace, and I reflect on…