Peter Kravitz
@peterkravitz.bsky.social
Couples, individual & trauma psychotherapist in Edinburgh. Climate grief, poetry relief.
Editor: The Picador Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction. Shakespeare for everything & nothing.
(And my Great Aunt Fanny ran The Vegetarian Hotel in the Catskills.)
Editor: The Picador Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction. Shakespeare for everything & nothing.
(And my Great Aunt Fanny ran The Vegetarian Hotel in the Catskills.)
It’s practice & theory…
“I am not a ‘nice’ Buddhist. I’m more interested in a plain rice, ‘get down in the street and get dirty’ Buddhism.”
Joan Halifax
“I am not a ‘nice’ Buddhist. I’m more interested in a plain rice, ‘get down in the street and get dirty’ Buddhism.”
Joan Halifax
Do not believe them.
Do not get used to this.
Keep your focus.
Stand your ground.
Do not get used to this.
Keep your focus.
Stand your ground.
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It’s practice & theory…
“I am not a ‘nice’ Buddhist. I’m more interested in a plain rice, ‘get down in the street and get dirty’ Buddhism.”
Joan Halifax
“I am not a ‘nice’ Buddhist. I’m more interested in a plain rice, ‘get down in the street and get dirty’ Buddhism.”
Joan Halifax
Sane rubric:
“In consumerist cultures, relatable animals are sold to us as scheming foxes, Stetson-wearing bunnies and cute, wise-cracking pandas, all-too-human caricatures dressed up in animal skins. Rather than entering their world, we force them into ours.”
“In consumerist cultures, relatable animals are sold to us as scheming foxes, Stetson-wearing bunnies and cute, wise-cracking pandas, all-too-human caricatures dressed up in animal skins. Rather than entering their world, we force them into ours.”
Submissions are still open for writing and art on the subject of BEASTS for the next Dark Mountain publication.
Deadline is November 14. (1)
dark-mountain.net/bestiary-a-c...
Deadline is November 14. (1)
dark-mountain.net/bestiary-a-c...
Bestiary – a call for submissions for Dark Mountain: Issue 29 - Dark Mountain
A call for submissions for Dark Mountain: Issue 29 – Bestiary, a book that has the animal at its heart
dark-mountain.net
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sane rubric:
“In consumerist cultures, relatable animals are sold to us as scheming foxes, Stetson-wearing bunnies and cute, wise-cracking pandas, all-too-human caricatures dressed up in animal skins. Rather than entering their world, we force them into ours.”
“In consumerist cultures, relatable animals are sold to us as scheming foxes, Stetson-wearing bunnies and cute, wise-cracking pandas, all-too-human caricatures dressed up in animal skins. Rather than entering their world, we force them into ours.”
Today.
Edinburgh.
Muriel Spark.
The front page.
Photographed on 25th May 1960.
Edinburgh.
Muriel Spark.
The front page.
Photographed on 25th May 1960.
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Today.
Edinburgh.
Muriel Spark.
The front page.
Photographed on 25th May 1960.
Edinburgh.
Muriel Spark.
The front page.
Photographed on 25th May 1960.
Reposted by Peter Kravitz
Distressed loudspeaker at Leytonstone station. An almost Kleinian blue.
#londonunderground #lookup #loudspeaker #london #peelingpaint
#londonunderground #lookup #loudspeaker #london #peelingpaint
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Distressed loudspeaker at Leytonstone station. An almost Kleinian blue.
#londonunderground #lookup #loudspeaker #london #peelingpaint
#londonunderground #lookup #loudspeaker #london #peelingpaint
Salon cartography and choreography at the Queere Moderne exhibition at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, with artists including Lotte Laserstein, Ludwig von Hofmann (whose painting ‘The Source’ Thomas Mann took with him into exile) and British artist Gluck (born Hannah Gluckstein).
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Salon cartography and choreography at the Queere Moderne exhibition at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, with artists including Lotte Laserstein, Ludwig von Hofmann (whose painting ‘The Source’ Thomas Mann took with him into exile) and British artist Gluck (born Hannah Gluckstein).
Reposted by Peter Kravitz
She captures the movement in work and a burdensome urgency, whilst keeping a sense of grace.
Maria Nordin "Act of Comfort" (Sweden, 2022), depicting a woman carrying an impossibly large pile of linen for the laundry. Nordin likes to portray women's unpaid labour in the home, but in beautiful shapes and colours.
#womensart
#womensart
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
She captures the movement in work and a burdensome urgency, whilst keeping a sense of grace.
Mary Robinson rewrites Paul Simon…
What better way to get voting day off to a lively start than to share these alternative lyrics to Simon and Garfunkel’s Mrs Robinson, which can be found in the #PresidentialElection material of Robinson’s archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social
#Áras25
#Áras25
October 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Mary Robinson rewrites Paul Simon…
Worth digging deep into this piece on Gathered Meeting. It includes principles which will be needed to re-civilise politics over the next decade or so…
I’m trying, with a group of other folks, to create a network of drop in facilitated resting spots so that we can listen to each other and breathe together without having to fix anything or battle.
Just sit together and refuel
Just sit together and refuel
Gathered Meeting to Support Helpers — What A Shrink Thinks
A quiet space to gather, rest, share & recover
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Worth digging deep into this piece on Gathered Meeting. It includes principles which will be needed to re-civilise politics over the next decade or so…
Reposted by Peter Kravitz
Epping Forest magic this afternoon with views over London from Loughton.
#eppingforest #autumn #light #treebathing #london
#eppingforest #autumn #light #treebathing #london
October 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Epping Forest magic this afternoon with views over London from Loughton.
#eppingforest #autumn #light #treebathing #london
#eppingforest #autumn #light #treebathing #london
‘Who wants to sit all day in some anonymous state office building listening to testimony about utility rates? …now we’ve trained up a whole cadre of older Americans who show up with a basket of knitting or a crossword puzzle book and are there witnessing, testifying, organizing.’
thirdact.org
thirdact.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
‘Who wants to sit all day in some anonymous state office building listening to testimony about utility rates? …now we’ve trained up a whole cadre of older Americans who show up with a basket of knitting or a crossword puzzle book and are there witnessing, testifying, organizing.’
thirdact.org
thirdact.org
Reposted by Peter Kravitz
My re-imagining of the Bell Rock Lighthouse off the East Coast of Scotland. Based on one of the original engineering drawings.
spyglassillustration.com/product/bell...
spyglassillustration.com/product/bell...
March 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My re-imagining of the Bell Rock Lighthouse off the East Coast of Scotland. Based on one of the original engineering drawings.
spyglassillustration.com/product/bell...
spyglassillustration.com/product/bell...
Reposted by Peter Kravitz
September 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
September 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Fine piece that says new things about a concept that has previously been resistant to thinking that is not of an either/or variety
open.substack.com/pub/petergra...
open.substack.com/pub/petergra...
Follow-Up to Letters on ADHD
Here I describe the subjectivity of ADHD diagnosis; elaborate on why I see it as a personality dimension, not a disorder; and present an evolutionary explanation of personality differences.
open.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Fine piece that says new things about a concept that has previously been resistant to thinking that is not of an either/or variety
open.substack.com/pub/petergra...
open.substack.com/pub/petergra...
Reposted by Peter Kravitz
Every new home without a nest brick is a death sentence for swifts. They're cheap, easy to install, and save lives. Let’s make swift bricks mandatory in all new builds.
Sign the petition to protect these amazing birds 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/swift-bricks...
Sign the petition to protect these amazing birds 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/swift-bricks...
Swift bricks petition - Protect the Wild
Make Swift Bricks Mandatory in All New Buildings 9 people have taken action so far. Help us reach 10000 First name Last name Email Phone Subject Letter Dear Ministers, I’m writing as a concerned…
protectthewild.org.uk
August 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Every new home without a nest brick is a death sentence for swifts. They're cheap, easy to install, and save lives. Let’s make swift bricks mandatory in all new builds.
Sign the petition to protect these amazing birds 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/swift-bricks...
Sign the petition to protect these amazing birds 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/swift-bricks...
Reposted by Peter Kravitz
Two of my favourites🫶!
THE MIRACLE OF THE BURD AND THE FISHES
ach sun
jiss keepyir chin up
dizny day gonabootlika hawf shut knife
inaw jiss cozzy a burd
luvur day yi
ach well
gee it a wee while sun
thirz a loat merr fish in thi sea
From: www.tomleonard.co.uk/online-poetr...
THE MIRACLE OF THE BURD AND THE FISHES
ach sun
jiss keepyir chin up
dizny day gonabootlika hawf shut knife
inaw jiss cozzy a burd
luvur day yi
ach well
gee it a wee while sun
thirz a loat merr fish in thi sea
From: www.tomleonard.co.uk/online-poetr...
August 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Two of my favourites🫶!
THE MIRACLE OF THE BURD AND THE FISHES
ach sun
jiss keepyir chin up
dizny day gonabootlika hawf shut knife
inaw jiss cozzy a burd
luvur day yi
ach well
gee it a wee while sun
thirz a loat merr fish in thi sea
From: www.tomleonard.co.uk/online-poetr...
THE MIRACLE OF THE BURD AND THE FISHES
ach sun
jiss keepyir chin up
dizny day gonabootlika hawf shut knife
inaw jiss cozzy a burd
luvur day yi
ach well
gee it a wee while sun
thirz a loat merr fish in thi sea
From: www.tomleonard.co.uk/online-poetr...
“Put yourself in my place
For just a little while
Why don't you try it
Why don't you try it
Why don't you try it baby”
Lamont-Dozier-Holland
We could do with more of this…
For just a little while
Why don't you try it
Why don't you try it
Why don't you try it baby”
Lamont-Dozier-Holland
We could do with more of this…
The teenage Delroy Wilson recorded exclusively for Studio 1 until 1968, the year he turned 20.
One of his first recordings after he left was this glorious reggae version of a Supremes B side...
youtu.be/wSDiTWhbh7I?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #musicsky #motown
One of his first recordings after he left was this glorious reggae version of a Supremes B side...
youtu.be/wSDiTWhbh7I?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #musicsky #motown
August 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Put yourself in my place
For just a little while
Why don't you try it
Why don't you try it
Why don't you try it baby”
Lamont-Dozier-Holland
We could do with more of this…
For just a little while
Why don't you try it
Why don't you try it
Why don't you try it baby”
Lamont-Dozier-Holland
We could do with more of this…
“if it is possible to find Millet too subversive, or conservative, or religious, it is perhaps because his art remains open to all interpretations in what it so lucidly shows – which is nothing less (and perhaps nothing more) than the toiling and hauling and straining of life on the land”
Sublime
Sublime
My piece on the golden Millet @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social in The Observer New Review @observernews.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
“if it is possible to find Millet too subversive, or conservative, or religious, it is perhaps because his art remains open to all interpretations in what it so lucidly shows – which is nothing less (and perhaps nothing more) than the toiling and hauling and straining of life on the land”
Sublime
Sublime
Thi Wurd are the real thing. Their classes are straightforward, to the point and very welcoming. Now online as well as in-person…
Four connected classes from thi wurd,
1. Write a Short Story in a Day
2. Writing Time & Place in Fiction
3. Writing Autobiographical Fiction
4. Editing Your Fiction
In-person (Glasgow) & online. Save by buying the bundle. www.thi-wurd.com/classes/
1. Write a Short Story in a Day
2. Writing Time & Place in Fiction
3. Writing Autobiographical Fiction
4. Editing Your Fiction
In-person (Glasgow) & online. Save by buying the bundle. www.thi-wurd.com/classes/
Classes - thi wurd
www.thi-wurd.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Thi Wurd are the real thing. Their classes are straightforward, to the point and very welcoming. Now online as well as in-person…
Remarkable conclusion from the International Court of Justice:
“Failure of a state to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from GHG emissions…may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state.”
“Failure of a state to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from GHG emissions…may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state.”
In a new piece for @granthamicl.bsky.social, @frediotto.bsky.social and I unpack the significance of the ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion.
We reflect on how it reshapes the legal framing of climate action and what it means for states’ obligations going forward.
We reflect on how it reshapes the legal framing of climate action and what it means for states’ obligations going forward.
🌍📜 Licensing and subsidising fossil fuels can now "constitute internationally wrongful acts,” write Dr @frediotto.bsky.social and Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie.
Read their commentary on why The ICJ's new advisory marks a turning point for climate accountability: ow.ly/7aix50WvkuM
Read their commentary on why The ICJ's new advisory marks a turning point for climate accountability: ow.ly/7aix50WvkuM
August 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Remarkable conclusion from the International Court of Justice:
“Failure of a state to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from GHG emissions…may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state.”
“Failure of a state to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from GHG emissions…may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state.”
“Life is only difficult for those who pick and choose. You just take it. And that helps you feel whole, and maybe flying with the birds helps you be with the deep levels of hell…Do not look away. Do not avert your gaze. Do not turn aside.”
(from this fine dialogue with the late, great Joanna Macy…)
(from this fine dialogue with the late, great Joanna Macy…)
In memory of Joanna Macy (1929 -2025), who passed away on July 19th, we republished episode 12 of #TheWayOutIsIn with an introduction by Jo Confino 🕊️
Find out more 👉🏾 plumvillage.org/podcast/joan...
On the #PlumVillageApp 👉🏾 podcasts
#Buddhism #systemstheory #deepecology #peace #ecology #justice
Find out more 👉🏾 plumvillage.org/podcast/joan...
On the #PlumVillageApp 👉🏾 podcasts
#Buddhism #systemstheory #deepecology #peace #ecology #justice
July 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“Life is only difficult for those who pick and choose. You just take it. And that helps you feel whole, and maybe flying with the birds helps you be with the deep levels of hell…Do not look away. Do not avert your gaze. Do not turn aside.”
(from this fine dialogue with the late, great Joanna Macy…)
(from this fine dialogue with the late, great Joanna Macy…)
George Eliot’s the real thing…
I only read it a few years ago and it blew me away! Extraordinary book, this passage alone:
July 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
George Eliot’s the real thing…
Sometimes mainstream, popular culture can express things that people have gone silent about. Series 3, episode 3 of the series ‘The Crown’ soberly used the conduit of the Queen to represent the Aberfan disaster. See also @thierryaaron.bsky.social below
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UPp0...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UPp0...
July 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Sometimes mainstream, popular culture can express things that people have gone silent about. Series 3, episode 3 of the series ‘The Crown’ soberly used the conduit of the Queen to represent the Aberfan disaster. See also @thierryaaron.bsky.social below
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UPp0...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UPp0...