Thank you for your simile for navigating the weave of life. I was reminded of a mentor of mine who reminded me as a therapist once to get my bum back in my seat. It was a physical move to centre in my body, feel, sense step back and consider all possibilities in a situation. The advice always bore fruit. It goes along with the F Perls aphorism to ‘loose your mind and come to your senses’. I was also reminded of the psychiatric definition of the term ‘fugue state’ based on the etymology of the word from Latin fuga (“flight” or “escape”). I read a definition of the musical sense reflecting the idea of one voice “fleeing” or being “pursued” by another, while the psychiatric sense reflects a kind of flight from one’s own identity in the form of dissociative disorder, typically linked to severe stress or trauma. I am highly critical of psychiatric definitions being far too prescriptive in the medical model but they often come from a place of description of what is a common human condition of being lost and wondering where you are in the moment. The interesting thing for me in your prescription of keeping with your choral colleagues is the multifaceted nature of the approach. Read the notes, count the beat, watch the conductor, sense the support of your fellow choristers….put your bum back in your seat?
Thanks madam. I like the ‘lose your mind’ aphorism - maybe something to dwell on in the future. Interestingly I did toy with the idea of referencing the fugue state but decided I’d thrown enough at my readers for one blog!
Like very much. ❤️
And the dessert from Adam’s reflection gave me additional interesting food for thought. Thank you. 😊
Thank you for your simile for navigating the weave of life. I was reminded of a mentor of mine who reminded me as a therapist once to get my bum back in my seat. It was a physical move to centre in my body, feel, sense step back and consider all possibilities in a situation. The advice always bore fruit. It goes along with the F Perls aphorism to ‘loose your mind and come to your senses’. I was also reminded of the psychiatric definition of the term ‘fugue state’ based on the etymology of the word from Latin fuga (“flight” or “escape”). I read a definition of the musical sense reflecting the idea of one voice “fleeing” or being “pursued” by another, while the psychiatric sense reflects a kind of flight from one’s own identity in the form of dissociative disorder, typically linked to severe stress or trauma. I am highly critical of psychiatric definitions being far too prescriptive in the medical model but they often come from a place of description of what is a common human condition of being lost and wondering where you are in the moment. The interesting thing for me in your prescription of keeping with your choral colleagues is the multifaceted nature of the approach. Read the notes, count the beat, watch the conductor, sense the support of your fellow choristers….put your bum back in your seat?
Thanks madam. I like the ‘lose your mind’ aphorism - maybe something to dwell on in the future. Interestingly I did toy with the idea of referencing the fugue state but decided I’d thrown enough at my readers for one blog!