In their totemic work A Thousand Plateaus , Deleuze and Guattari explore the idea of becoming-child. They talk about this concept through the lens of deterritorialisation, a complicated idea which is perhaps best observed in how children play.  As the father of a son who loves Lego, reading these passages on becoming-child completely changed how I relate to what my son is trying to achieve through his play, and especially what I encourage within it. Lego is the perfect exampl

The creation of this blog coincides with starting my training in Psychosynthesis psychology, with the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London. This is an experiential training, and despite having a theoretical component, by far the most important aspect for me is this element of deep inner work which forms the basis of the training. I expect that as I make my journey through this training there will be much to write about, and this blog is intended as a repository for my musin