Madigan Narrative Newsletter, October 2024

“ Whatever sense we have of how things stand with someone else’s inner life, we gain it through their expressions, not through some...

“Realize that everything connects to everything else.” Leonardo da Vinci

Image by Redd F. on unsplash Hello Everyone. Happy Springtime to those of you living in the northern hemisphere. And Happy St. Patrick's...

“A hungry sound cam across the breeze So I gave the walls a talking." ~ Shane MacGowan (1957-2023) Hello Everyone. I sincerely want to...

The BIG LIVE Narrative Therapy Conference Hello Everyone. As promised, below is a second conference focused newsletter installation that...

Danielle O'Connor Akiyama, Rising Moons I “The stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voice which you...

Amy Sherald, Precious Jewels by the Sea, 2019 When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is...

Hello Again Everyone. This newsletter is a quick note to reveal two rather charming narrative therapy projects. Both have been long in...

“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a...

Bright Future, Laurie Snow Hein “What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” — Aristotle Once upon a time I was a decent...

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift. — Mary Oliver Island View...

“The Irish are not embarrassed about death.” - Dinner table conversation, Castletownbere, West Cork, Ireland, May 13, 2022 Given the...

The Rose That Grew From Concrete Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's law is wrong it...

The Seine in Flood at Vetheuil, Claude Monet, 1881 Hello Everyone . . . Hoping all remains interesting and healthy where you are. Today’s...

I do not see how anyone can go very far . . . who is not ready to risk complete failure. - T. S. Eliot It would be fair to say I’m not at...

Girl Reading, Harold Knight, 1932, Harris Museum & Art Gallery Photographs that compel us never overpower or coerce; they attract us...

Children Swimming, Ivy Smith, 2000 Source: www.ivysmith.co.uk Hello Everyone: Vancouver, British Columbia recently found itself living...

Conor O'Leary, Irish Photgrapher, from series 'An Island Through a Fence.' Hello Everyone: Welcome back. Warm wishes to all of you - from...

SCAMPI, Wellington, New Zealand Hello Everyone: Hoping all is going well and you’re finding all sorts of ways to keep relational living,...