🔥 In-person in LA & nationwide — & virtual.
✨ Expect connection, movement, laughter. Speak, be silent, witness, or join — always at your pace.
🌊 caligrief.com/catharsis-theater
“Speak weirdness to truth.” When the compass spins, that is the doorway. Rao’s essay names the aporia where thinking and feeling both glitch, inviting a fuller reboot of mind and heart.
Read here: www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/09/22/s...
@vgr.bsky.social
“Speak weirdness to truth.” When the compass spins, that is the doorway. Rao’s essay names the aporia where thinking and feeling both glitch, inviting a fuller reboot of mind and heart.
Read here: www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/09/22/s...
@vgr.bsky.social
🌍 The body as mediator
Merleau-Ponty reminds us that we do not just “have” bodies. We are lived bodies — breathing, pulsing, perceiving. In an age of screens, this wisdom is more urgent than ever.
🔗 aeon.co/essays/the-p...
@dannixon.bsky.social
@aeon.co
🌍 The body as mediator
Merleau-Ponty reminds us that we do not just “have” bodies. We are lived bodies — breathing, pulsing, perceiving. In an age of screens, this wisdom is more urgent than ever.
🔗 aeon.co/essays/the-p...
@dannixon.bsky.social
@aeon.co
📚 Austria: once the fulcrum of empires, now a republic with echoes of Habsburg courts & café philosophers. Nicholas Parsons traces the books that reveal its power, fragility, & enduring spirit.
👉 fivebooks.com/best-books/a...
#Austria #History #Books
@fivebooks.com
📚 Austria: once the fulcrum of empires, now a republic with echoes of Habsburg courts & café philosophers. Nicholas Parsons traces the books that reveal its power, fragility, & enduring spirit.
👉 fivebooks.com/best-books/a...
#Austria #History #Books
@fivebooks.com
In Vienna after WWI, J.L. Moreno watched children act out myths and stories.
From their play, he saw a truth: we heal not only by talking but by showing, moving, embodying. Thus was born psychodrama, a stage for self-discovery.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/1974/05/16/a...
#Bluesky #Grief #Hope #We
In Vienna after WWI, J.L. Moreno watched children act out myths and stories.
From their play, he saw a truth: we heal not only by talking but by showing, moving, embodying. Thus was born psychodrama, a stage for self-discovery.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/1974/05/16/a...
#Bluesky #Grief #Hope #We
WWII did not just scar bodies. It shattered minds. By 1945, 10,000 veterans a month returned with psychoneurotic disorders. With too few psychiatrists, group therapy became a lifeline. Out of necessity, the seeds of psychodrama and sociometry were planted.
WWII did not just scar bodies. It shattered minds. By 1945, 10,000 veterans a month returned with psychoneurotic disorders. With too few psychiatrists, group therapy became a lifeline. Out of necessity, the seeds of psychodrama and sociometry were planted.
🪨 What holds us together?
From Berkeley in 1712 to Hamilton in 1787 to Davies in 1811, thinkers searched for the cement of society.
Some said law, others charity, love, trust, even small talk.
A map of human nature — and a mirror for our times.
🔗 branemrys.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-...
🪨 What holds us together?
From Berkeley in 1712 to Hamilton in 1787 to Davies in 1811, thinkers searched for the cement of society.
Some said law, others charity, love, trust, even small talk.
A map of human nature — and a mirror for our times.
🔗 branemrys.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-...
Politics that put youth at greater suicide risk.
www.cdc.gov/yrbs/
#SuicidePrevention #PublicHealth
Politics that put youth at greater suicide risk.
www.cdc.gov/yrbs/
#SuicidePrevention #PublicHealth
A safe space to share, witness, and release grief — through stories, connection, and presence.
🗓 Sat, Aug 9 | 1–2:45 PM PT | Online
21+ | All grief welcome.
🎟 www.eventbrite.com/e/catharsis-...
#Grief #Healing #Loss #Hope #Connection #Bluesky #Love
A safe space to share, witness, and release grief — through stories, connection, and presence.
🗓 Sat, Aug 9 | 1–2:45 PM PT | Online
21+ | All grief welcome.
🎟 www.eventbrite.com/e/catharsis-...
#Grief #Healing #Loss #Hope #Connection #Bluesky #Love
🌙🧠 Sleeplessness is no longer quirky—it’s a national crisis.
Advice like “try harder” only deepens the pain.
What if healing begins not with control, but with connection?
🔗 archive.is/yaDBN
@jennifersenior.bsky.social
@armandoveve.bsky.social
@theatlantic.com
🌙🧠 Sleeplessness is no longer quirky—it’s a national crisis.
Advice like “try harder” only deepens the pain.
What if healing begins not with control, but with connection?
🔗 archive.is/yaDBN
@jennifersenior.bsky.social
@armandoveve.bsky.social
@theatlantic.com
🌍 Everything good came from this.
Zerka Moreno took a wild, brilliant vision of healing and made it human.
Thanks to her, psychodrama, sociometry, and sociodrama left the lab and entered real life—schools, grief circles, theaters, and hearts.
🌀
#ZerkaMoreno
🌍 Everything good came from this.
Zerka Moreno took a wild, brilliant vision of healing and made it human.
Thanks to her, psychodrama, sociometry, and sociodrama left the lab and entered real life—schools, grief circles, theaters, and hearts.
🌀
#ZerkaMoreno
🎭 Tomorrow in Los Angeles
A stage. No script. No actors.
Only you—and your story.
🌀 Catharsis Theater for Grief & Loss
An invitation to the raw, real, and rewritten.
🌍 RSVP: catharsistheater-losangeles-july26.eventbrite.com
#CatharsisTheater #Healing #Bluesky
🎭 Tomorrow in Los Angeles
A stage. No script. No actors.
Only you—and your story.
🌀 Catharsis Theater for Grief & Loss
An invitation to the raw, real, and rewritten.
🌍 RSVP: catharsistheater-losangeles-july26.eventbrite.com
#CatharsisTheater #Healing #Bluesky
🎭 Aristotle saw theater not as escape, but emotional hygiene. Tragedy helped people clean the inside.
You watched a king fall—and left lighter. Not because your pain vanished, but because it was seen.
Catharsis lets us share what’s too heavy alone.
#Aristotle #catharsis #Bluesky #theater
🎭 Aristotle saw theater not as escape, but emotional hygiene. Tragedy helped people clean the inside.
You watched a king fall—and left lighter. Not because your pain vanished, but because it was seen.
Catharsis lets us share what’s too heavy alone.
#Aristotle #catharsis #Bluesky #theater
🌀 Katharsis: a word with dust on its feet.
Born in Greek theater, where actors wept so others didn’t have to. It meant cleansing—not of sin, but of stuckness.
We don’t cry because we’re weak—we cry to stay alive.
#catharsis #Bluesky #healing #grief #history
🌀 Katharsis: a word with dust on its feet.
Born in Greek theater, where actors wept so others didn’t have to. It meant cleansing—not of sin, but of stuckness.
We don’t cry because we’re weak—we cry to stay alive.
#catharsis #Bluesky #healing #grief #history
🔍 What if science tells the truth… through lies we agree to believe?
Roman Frigg’s Fiction in Science shows how imagination isn’t a betrayal — it’s one of science’s oldest tools. Models work like stories: they reveal by pretending.
🧠 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/20936/1/fict...
#Bluesky #Hope
🔍 What if science tells the truth… through lies we agree to believe?
Roman Frigg’s Fiction in Science shows how imagination isn’t a betrayal — it’s one of science’s oldest tools. Models work like stories: they reveal by pretending.
🧠 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/20936/1/fict...
#Bluesky #Hope
💫 Catharsis Theater: Tending Grief, Rekindling Life
Not therapy. Not performance. Just space to feel, create, and connect.
🗓️ Sat 7/26 | 1–4:30 PM
📍 Culver City | 🎟️ Tiered pricing | 40 spots
🔗 catharsistheater-losangeles-july26.eventbrite.com
#GriefSupport #LosAngeles #HealingSpace #Bluesky #Love
💫 Catharsis Theater: Tending Grief, Rekindling Life
Not therapy. Not performance. Just space to feel, create, and connect.
🗓️ Sat 7/26 | 1–4:30 PM
📍 Culver City | 🎟️ Tiered pricing | 40 spots
🔗 catharsistheater-losangeles-july26.eventbrite.com
#GriefSupport #LosAngeles #HealingSpace #Bluesky #Love
🌊 Did you know we know more about space than our own ocean?
NPR's Sea Camp dives into the five ocean zones, from sunlight to shadow.
What we don't see may hold the secrets to life, healing, and human nature.
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/07/21/g...
#OceanMystery #SeaCamp #Bluesky #Life
@npr.org
🌊 Did you know we know more about space than our own ocean?
NPR's Sea Camp dives into the five ocean zones, from sunlight to shadow.
What we don't see may hold the secrets to life, healing, and human nature.
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/07/21/g...
#OceanMystery #SeaCamp #Bluesky #Life
@npr.org
Not algorithms—aliveness.
Not conquest—connection.
Not colonization—soul.
Élan: the human spark.
It heals. It transforms.
It’s what we need.
#ElanNotElon #CatharsisTheater #Grief #Healing #Psychodrama #SoulOverSilicon
Not algorithms—aliveness.
Not conquest—connection.
Not colonization—soul.
Élan: the human spark.
It heals. It transforms.
It’s what we need.
#ElanNotElon #CatharsisTheater #Grief #Healing #Psychodrama #SoulOverSilicon
― Truman Capote
#Bluesky #TrumanCapote #LifeAsAPlay #ThirdActTroubles #BittersweetTruth #DarkHumor #ExistentialWit #LiteraryLife #CynicalWisdom #TruthInArt #LifeReflections #AgingWithGrace #PlaywrightOfLife #MelancholyAndMeaning #Loss
― Truman Capote
#Bluesky #TrumanCapote #LifeAsAPlay #ThirdActTroubles #BittersweetTruth #DarkHumor #ExistentialWit #LiteraryLife #CynicalWisdom #TruthInArt #LifeReflections #AgingWithGrace #PlaywrightOfLife #MelancholyAndMeaning #Loss
— Iris Murdoch
#Bluesky #IrisMurdoch #WalkTheTalk #ActionOverWords #LifeInMotion #DoingMatters #FollowThrough #EffortAndTime #WisdomInLiving #RealLifeLessons #PersistencePays #JourneyOfLife #LiveYourValues #WordsToAction #SteadySteps
— Iris Murdoch
#Bluesky #IrisMurdoch #WalkTheTalk #ActionOverWords #LifeInMotion #DoingMatters #FollowThrough #EffortAndTime #WisdomInLiving #RealLifeLessons #PersistencePays #JourneyOfLife #LiveYourValues #WordsToAction #SteadySteps
— Pablo Picasso
#Bluesky #PabloPicasso #ArtMystery #ColorsSing #CreativeMagic #BeyondExplanation #ArtisticWonder #VisualPoetry #PaintingSoul #BeautyUnspoken #ArtIsFeeling
— Pablo Picasso
#Bluesky #PabloPicasso #ArtMystery #ColorsSing #CreativeMagic #BeyondExplanation #ArtisticWonder #VisualPoetry #PaintingSoul #BeautyUnspoken #ArtIsFeeling
In psychodrama, stepping into another’s shoes isn’t a metaphor — it’s the beating heart of the work.
J.L. Moreno, the founder, saw it spark healing again & again: in Vienna parks, on WWI battlefields, on Broadway stages.
#Psychodrama #Bluesky #JLMoreno #ZerkaMoreno #Catharsis
In psychodrama, stepping into another’s shoes isn’t a metaphor — it’s the beating heart of the work.
J.L. Moreno, the founder, saw it spark healing again & again: in Vienna parks, on WWI battlefields, on Broadway stages.
#Psychodrama #Bluesky #JLMoreno #ZerkaMoreno #Catharsis
✨ Tele — coined by J.L. Moreno, father of group therapy, psychodrama, sociometry & “sociatry” (healing society). Freud had case conferences; Moreno brought groups to life. Tele is deeper than empathy — a force like gravity, old & mutual, binding us unseen.
#Bluesky #Psychodrama #Tele #ShowMe
✨ Tele — coined by J.L. Moreno, father of group therapy, psychodrama, sociometry & “sociatry” (healing society). Freud had case conferences; Moreno brought groups to life. Tele is deeper than empathy — a force like gravity, old & mutual, binding us unseen.
#Bluesky #Psychodrama #Tele #ShowMe
This is what saves us. Whether on stage or in a circle of chairs, we loosen what’s lodged. We become less alone. And in the telling & showing, something new becomes possible. That’s the heart of Catharsis Theater. 💔✨
#Catharsis #Theater #Healing #Grief #Community #Bluesky
This is what saves us. Whether on stage or in a circle of chairs, we loosen what’s lodged. We become less alone. And in the telling & showing, something new becomes possible. That’s the heart of Catharsis Theater. 💔✨
#Catharsis #Theater #Healing #Grief #Community #Bluesky
There are many types of catharsis. Moreno spoke of abreaction (emotional release), integration (new insight), & role reversal (seeing through another’s eyes). Telling a secret. Weeping at a play. It’s not just drama — it’s humanity’s oldest medicine.
#Catharsis #Grief #Psychodrama #Healing #Art
There are many types of catharsis. Moreno spoke of abreaction (emotional release), integration (new insight), & role reversal (seeing through another’s eyes). Telling a secret. Weeping at a play. It’s not just drama — it’s humanity’s oldest medicine.
#Catharsis #Grief #Psychodrama #Healing #Art