The Way of StoryWriting from the Unconscious
Writing from the Unconscious Due to some medical challenges and house repairs, the writing of a new book has been set aside. Last month, in March, an odd thing happened and more than once. As if my conscious mind had stopped writing during the day, at night during sleep, the unconscious took over and began […]
Swimming & Writing
Swimming & Writing Swimming for me has been a ‘coming home’ experience since I began winning races at age five. Now in my senior years, swimming laps 3 x week never fails to bring me back to life. No longer scuba diving or competing, swimming has morphed into another form of meditation. I prefer swimming […]
Heal Your Self with Writing workshop in OJai
Heal Your Self with Writing with Catherine Ann Jones February 21, 2026 in Ojai, CA Saturday, 10-4pm “Heal Your Self with Writing is an elixir for the soul.” – Psychology Today Our lives may be determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. Heal Your Self with Writing offers a […]
On Patience
Patience is All Do not measure in terms of time: one year or ten years means nothing. For the artist there is no counting or tallying up; just ripening like the tree that does not force its sap and endures the storms of spring without fearing that […]
Reflection 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 […]