Taming the Tyranny of Time September 29, 2020

Are you feeling the pressures of chronic time urgency or “hurry sickness,” with too many tasks on your plate and far too little time to do it all in? Do you know which chronotype you are, so you can choose a schedule optimal for your own body and psyche? Are you curious about other modes of relating to time than the one-way linear “arrow of time” we in the industrialized west accept as a given? Then you might enjoy my short book chapter.

Summary from the Intro: The stress of ever-increasing pressure to rush that characterizes industrial growth societies is having detrimental effects on the health of individuals, communities, and the planet. This chapter illustrates the need for change and introduces alternative cultural modes of perceiving and interacting with time. Its final section offers simple, practical exercises based on these models, as viewed through the lenses of transpersonal psychology and ecopsychology, for experiencing time as sacred rather than as a tyranny.

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Taming the Tyranny of Time by T. Fields in Shadows & Light (pdf, free)Download

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If you read it, please share your thoughts in the Comments! Thank you.

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Reference: Taming the Tyranny of Time. Shadows and Light: Principles, Practices and Pedagogy of Contemporary Transpersonal Counseling. Chapter 5 (pp 61-82). Francis Kaklauskas, Louis Hoffman, Carla Clements, & Dan Hocoy, eds. Colorado Springs, CO: University Professors Press, 2016.

Image: from the fabulous movie Hugo.

New Drum Born December 23, 2014

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Please tarry a brief moment – you’ll get a mini-slideshow.

I made this drum for a young man to use while co-leading wilderness Vision Quests.

It is made of pieced pine and deerskin.

His then-sweetie, who purchased its creation as a gift to him, is pictured holding it on my porch before he knew about its existence.

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Before he had his own drum, Damien MacAnany used Julianne Skai Arbor (“Treegirl”)’s drum, which was also made by me.

Here’s a photo of him using that one for a Youth Vision Quest.

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It’s a snapshot from a promo video for the Santa Rosa, CA based Rites of Passage, Inc., for whom Damien works as a guide.

I hope the heartbeat of this drum helps lead many teens home to their true, noble, wild selves.

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(The moon is a circle, the earth is a circle, the drum is a circle, we sit in a circle…)

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To see more of my drums:

Shamanic Frame Drums

Painted Drum Commission

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Painted Drum Commission May 18, 2011

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This drum was commissioned by a woman who does shamanic healing work.  She chose the images and colors, a 3/4-facing white bird surrounded by four crystals of turquoise with some light purple. The slideshow depicts the last two stages of its creation.

It has a beautiful sound. During its birthing, I watched this drum wake up twice:  first as I tied it, and again when I painted the light in the bird’s eye.

See more of my handcrafted shamanic drums