Everyday change creates a seductive argument urging my analytical brain to review the evidence yet again.Could it be so simple?Break down the principle.Trace the threads that interweave reality.Do the same patterns that govern the stars orient the psyche? The lines of this poem were used to create the above image using NightCafe Creator, an AI …
Author: Andrew Waller-DeLaRosa
Transformation & Repetition
Living in a constant cycle;Moving in this perpetual flow.Continual searching for how to know.Could it be so simple as learning to truly let go? The lines of this poem were used to create the above image using NightCafe Creator, an AI art generator. You can view more of my collection here.
A Reflection from Within
Night falls, winter crawls, and summers to remember.When forced to reflect and recall, we decide to deny it all.Seeking inner recesses from the worries outside.Where do we go to hide when there is also division inside? The lines of this poem were used to create the above image using NightCafe Creator, an AI art generator. …
Psychological Fragments: Emotional Systems
Emotions are energetically charged psychic content. The magnitude and direction of this charge can be mediated or controlled by conscious cognitive processes, such as thinking, and less conscious aspects, such as attitudes. Emotional charges have affinities for like-charged units and tend to form clusters that increase their gravity (psychic significance) and complexity. Moreover, these aspects …
Tension of the Times
One of the hallmarks of Carl Jung's work is his conceptualization of the shadow. Roughly speaking, the shadow consists of instincts, aspects, qualities, and the like that are unrecognized or repressed in oneself. Jung did not believe that the shadow was only comprised of bad things but also included good parts and positive potentialities (Sharp, …
A Societal Denial
So many issues and challenges surround our daily lives. Our level of concern for ourselves and society at large has continued as a perpetual buzz that lies slightly below our conscious awareness. To become desensitized to the chaotic nature of these times is one response to the presence of fear. There are other ways to …
The Universal Restlessness
How much of our strivings are aimed at procuring some point of satiation and safety; how bored we become when we find it... Messiness and chaos that which we say we hate, yet we nevertheless continue to create in our own lives. It may manifest in peculiar forms, like scrutinizing the true orderliness of things, …
Now What?
And who can argue for the living when confronted with the grave need to litigate for the dead? Where do we go from here as we look off the face of this ledge? Walk away, shake our head, go to bed and blame the issues on what’s wrong in other peoples’ heads. What good does …
Perceptual Differences in ADHD
ADHD continues to gain interest throughout those who do and do not have the diagnosis alike. Why is interest in this neurodevelopmental disorder gaining traction? Likely, it is a confluence of events, namely the movement toward neurodiversity, increasing acknowledgement of adult-diagnosed ADHD, and a continued normalization of mental health, in general. As one of the …