Published in unpsychology voices·PinnedKeeping it real: a warm data ‘UNtopia’Unpsychology Magazine’s issue number 8 — An Anthology of Warm Data — is out now and is available FREE to download from here: www.unpsychology.org. — Warm Data is information that is alive within the transcontextual relating of a living system. (Nora Bateson) When I approached Nora Bateson to suggest that we devote the 8th edition to Unpsychology Magazine to Warm Data — the growing field of complexity inquiry, theory and practice that she is building…Warm Data8 min readWarm Data8 min read
Published in unpsychology voices·Mar 10ImaginingsA new Chapter for Unpsychology Magazine — “Why are things as they are? Must they be as they are? What might they be like if they were otherwise?” …Psychology5 min readPsychology5 min read
Published in unpsychology voices·Nov 27, 2022Unpsychology issue 9: IMAGININGS now open for submissionSUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 9TH ISSUE OF UNPSYCHOLOGY MAGAZINE. DEADLINE 12TH FEBRUARY 2023 — “Why are things as they are? Must they be as they are? What might they be like if they were otherwise?” …Unpsychology6 min readUnpsychology6 min read
Published in 21st century soul·Oct 1, 2022WAYS OF NATUREREFLECTIONS FROM A WARM PAUSE 4 Nature is the touchstone of our age. As a metaphor it is ubiquitous; a reference point for everything from selling shampoo, to addressing climate change, healing minds and fixing bodies. It is a touchstone for beauty and has an instantly recognised aesthetic. It is…Nature3 min readNature3 min read
Published in COVIDpoetics·Sep 30, 202223 — ElementalEmergence poems #3 Progressivism collapses to naivete Naive ideas conflate with the sacred Everyone’s sacred idea is now a brand Gaia is the opium of the chuntering classes Fascism is a garb of endless disguises Collapse is a story sad moralists tell Ecology is a buzzword, flying high Tradition is…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in 21st century soul·Sep 14, 2022IMAGINE BEAUTIFULREFLECTIONS FROM A WARM PAUSE 3 To imagine beautiful is hard. The contexts are set against us — or we are set against the contexts; either and both — they bring us to the same place. Some humans are imagining beauty right now; creating little utopias of spiritual privilege, with…Nature3 min readNature3 min read
Published in unpsychology voices·Sep 14, 2022peregrinatio: a story from the Watertimeshort fiction from unpsychology magazine — This is the fourth story from the Watertime. It appears in the 8th edition of Unpsychology — an Anthology of Warm Data (available free in digital form from www.unpsychology.org and in a print edition from https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/collections/new/products/unpsychology-issue-8-an-anthology-of-warm-data These stories are set in a future — in a place a bit like…Unpsychology10 min readUnpsychology10 min read
Published in 21st century soul·Aug 30, 2022BUTTERFLIESREFLECTIONS FROM A WARM PAUSE 2 — I am asking myself about emergence. What is already emergent? What is yet to emerge? What is already dormant? What is to be created deep in the between. …Reflections Of Life3 min readReflections Of Life3 min read
Published in 21st century soul·Aug 30, 2022ORDINARY WEIRDREFLECTIONS FROM A WARM PAUSE 1 — There’s an idea of the ordinary that is articulated and embedded in the everyday. Let’s expand. In social media world the everyday is a chimera – an invention. …Psychology6 min readPsychology6 min read
Published in unpsychology voices·Aug 12, 2022Unpsychology 8: An Anthology of Warm DataOUT IN PRINT NOW! — We had a lot of requests for a print version of the latest Unpsychology Magazine — An Anthology of Warm Data. So here it is to flick through — and you can get it for ten quid from https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/collections/new/products/unpsychology-issue-8-an-anthology-of-warm-data If you’d like a multiple order there are discounts, so get in touch with steve@unpsychology.org1 min read1 min read
