
Todays review discusses the Edinburgh fringe show Sing Sistah Sing! Tales of Transatlantic Freedom – which is the next edition of Andrea Baker’s Sing Sistah Sing! series. I had the pleasure of attending […]
This blog has been set up to discuss social issues of the day that impact on people's lives in with a particular focus on music, creativity, education, counselling, well-being, rights, inclusion and anti-discrimination. The editor, John Davis aspires for readers to focus on, discuss and challenge the ideas that are presented in the blog. The blog is open to anyone who wants to write about social justice, creativity, childhood etc. and welcomes contributions from people who have something to say about life in Scotland and beyond; what ever age they are and what ever their background. The editor will support less experienced writers and contributors who have never written before. Feel free to send suggestions for posts/articles to @inde_for_inde on twitter
Todays review discusses the Edinburgh fringe show Sing Sistah Sing! Tales of Transatlantic Freedom – which is the next edition of Andrea Baker’s Sing Sistah Sing! series. I had the pleasure of attending […]
Art Is Such An Elitist World By Christina Milarvie Quarrell Art is such an elitist culture Having attended the John Byrne retrospective at Kelvin Grove the first thing that struck me was […]
In today’s article Christina and John explore our relationships with our memories. The article builds from a recent piece (see link) written by Claudia Hammond (the author of The Art of Rest).
This Post Provides A List of The Songs Employed in The Don’t Let Me Die in Phoenix Series
In today’s article John Davis draws out lessons from his near death experience regarding Post-Traumatic Stress and seeks to ‘normalise’ our ideas concerning mental health by explaining that mental well being is […]
Article 12 explained the connection between the Gal Holiday song Come Home and my own home coming. The connection between the song and my own poem about the Cherry Blossom – was […]
Article 11 explained that I was finally home but that getting home was only the start of things. Something of the experience, of getting home but things never being the same again, […]
In this article, John Davis continues to discuss his recent near death experiences and critiques his experience of being discharged from a Scottish hospital. The previous article explained the limitations of some […]
I had paid just under £80 pounds for LV holiday insurance, the best money we have ever spent in my life and I was very privileged to have experienced such a high […]
In today’s post, John Davis explores ideas of resilience, trauma and resistance/power in ways that critique individualised and overly medicalised notions of trauma. This critique utilises notions of strength-based working and the […]