I have been in the grip of an "addiction to perfection" in relation to this blog - consuming more and more (books), throwing ideas and paragraphs into the textual pot, but postponing the moment of finishing, publishing. Recent posts have become increasingly dense with revisions, this has been stuck in a draft state for months but now I am going to rush and finish it. There will be dropped stitches in the mesh and the holes may pull. There will be clutter and muddle but maybe new rhythms and energy too. Writing this now (deciding to risk more spontaneous writing) is perhaps propelled by having finally dared to go to a 5-Rhythms dance session. Forays into "dance-movement therapy" have alw
"Perhaps what I wanted most to do is not to do what I most wanted to do" Marion Milner Container n 1 one who or that which contains 2 a receptacle or flexible covering for the packing or shipment of goods Contain vt 1 to keep within limits; hold back or down 2 to have within; hold 3 to be divisible by, usu without a remainder The Container This blog began with musing on the word "container" which has been lapping in my mind and seemed to want attention. But it has developed (via some spontaneous art making) into thinking about the necessity and problem of keeping a creative tap root to the unconscious. Necessity - because spontaneous imagery surprises and invigorates, it is somehow both de
