The Way of StoryReflection on 2026
A new year begins tomorrow. Greetings from Ojai, CA (Below) “There is no ‘True’. There are only ways of perceiving. One must write for one’s self, first and foremost. Only that way does one stand a chance of producing something good. Life is short and Art is long! The day before his death Socrates […]
Schedule for 2026
Isn’t it time to honor your story? “It is my feeling that some stories already exist in the ether, and my job is simply to bring them down to the gross level. The best times are when I seem to disappear altogether and the story writes itself. It passes through me, but is not really […]
Nuremberg the film
Nuremberg Nuremberg is a 2025 American psychological thriller historical drama film written, co-produced, and directed by James Vanderbilt. Based on the 2013 book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai. The film is now playing in theatres. Visiting two friends yesterday, I mentioned how I rarely go to new movies these days […]
The Power of Dreams in Ojai, CA
Jung & The Power of Dreams with Catherine Ann Jones Nov 2, Sunday, 11-1:30pm The Ojai Retreat, 160 Besant Road, Ojai (Free Event) Ojai Seminar hosts Catherine Ann Jones in Jung & the Power of Dreams Join us for […]
Writing Workshops
THE WAY OF STORY with Catherine Ann Jones “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” – Catherine Ann Jones, NY TIMES The Way of Story: The Craft & Soul of Writing offers an […]
Replenishing the Well
REPLENISHING THE WELL How do I know about the world? By what is within me. Lao Tzu I began writing at age 7 when I began to write poetry. Here’s the first effort: WISHES I wish I were a little dog And had […]
Choices
Choices As I daily view the news and the terrible suffering of innocents being bombed in two separate wars, I keep hearing in my memory, Joan Baez singing “When will they ever learn? When will they ev-er learn?” Then I repeat a question I have often heard others say,”If God is all powerful, why […]
The Price of Genius
The day after Robin Williams committed suicide on Aug 11, 2014, I received a request from Psychology Today to write a short article. When I asked when they wanted it, they said “Tomorrow.”. So I quickly penned the following article. The Price of Genius: Robin Williams, Van Gogh, and Virginia Woolf […]
The Way of Story workshop
THE WAY OF STORY workshop in Ojai, CA with Catherine Ann Jones June 21, 2025: Saturday 10-4pm “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the […]