Alena Grahn
@alena213
Alena Grahn
Queer sci-fi, EMDR and PTSD: When writing and therapy collide
archermagazine.com.au
Maybe the question isn’t “Is this masturbatory?”
But:
Masturbatory art making might be a necessary part of the cycle— a darkroom of self-sensing —but perhaps not ... See more
But:
- Who is this for, and what kind of touch is it offering?
- Am I willing to share this act, or is it a private rite?
- Is it about evasion or excavation?
- Does it risk anything, or is it a safe loop?
Masturbatory art making might be a necessary part of the cycle— a darkroom of self-sensing —but perhaps not ... See more
ChatGPT
- Are you guiding people toward a particular kind of transformation, or letting them find their own?
- Are your participatory structures hospitable to refusal, surprise, or divergence?
- What would it mean for your authorship to be partial, porous, or even invisible?
ChatGPT
Towards an Embodied Pedagogy of the Oppressed
In times of stress, intensity and fear, we rise to the level of our training, and we fall to the level of our automatic habits.
This means that we have to practice in ways that replicate stress or else we will not be able to call upon our training on times of need.
This is why meditation practice that requ... See more
In times of stress, intensity and fear, we rise to the level of our training, and we fall to the level of our automatic habits.
This means that we have to practice in ways that replicate stress or else we will not be able to call upon our training on times of need.
This is why meditation practice that requ... See more
the night garden: wisdom-play via nondual animism | darius/dare ...
Welcome to one of my major thesis arguments that I discovered over ten years ago when doing a lot of dance, acting and somatic training. The thing hardly anyone was or is talking about. This invisibilisation of our primary way to engage with reality (aka our senses) IS a fundamental function of colonization. The site of colonization is not just the... See more
How Your Senses Have Been Colonized
trying to understand insanity doesn’t necessarily make you less insane yourself