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Normotic Illness and the Question of Healing a Commodity Culture

Stage Name 2-12-11

In his psychoanalytic work in object-relations theory, Christopher Bollas identifies a phenomenon among his work with patients that has been named "Normotic illness" or "normopathy" within the psychanalytic field. Bollas' angle is that such a disorder is created through a misrecognition of "the other".

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The Power of the Social Media and What We Can Learn from Egypt

Stage Name 1-30-11

The choice of the Egyptian government to shut down the entire internet is no small thing. Certainly there were social ramifications, but news reports don't lend the proper to weight to how absolutely revolutionary this event is. Egypt is not some third-world, we-just-got-on-the-net kind of a country.

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Raindrop Reflections

Stage Name 1-24-11

I had a job interview today. As I made my way to the offices of my potential employer, I got caught in traffic. I know, everyone will say, "well you should have planned for traffic, that was very irresponsible to you." I left with plenty of flex time available for my commute, but I encountered standstill traffic about five minutes into my drive.

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"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders

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I have worked in just about every field imaginable. From industrial sales to community organizing, from being a day laborer to an educator I've done it all. Currently I'm giving a go at making my living pursuing my art as a writer and taking temporary jobs to pay the bills. I have just completed the manuscript for my first novel and am in the process of surfing the right channels so that it will be published and available to a mass audience. I also offer FREE personal training and deitary advice desinged for athletes interested in marathon and ultramarathon training.

Interests
Alternative Economics, Psychadelics, Sustainability, trailrunning, Ultrarunning
What I'm Reading
The Transformational Object: Psychoanalysis of the Unthought Known by Christopher Bollas The Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism and the Problem of Domination by Jessica Benjamin How to Know Higher Worlds by Rudolf Steiner 2666 by Roberto Bolano The Bhagavad Gita
What I'm Listening To
Trees.

Education

High school
Barbers Hill High School
College
University of Houston Clear-Lake
Graduate school
Hofstra University

Work

Employer
Texas Campaign for the Environment
Position
Community Organizer