From Water to Salt – Alchemy, Jung, and Finding Meaning in a Metamodern World
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about transformation—how we move from chaos to clarity, from the overwhelming swirl of emotions and ideas to something solid […]
Month: March 2025
The Salt Pot – A Reflection on Service, Substance, and the Soul
I’ve been continuing to reflect on the image of the open pot in the marketplace. That vessel—humble, unadorned, standing unattended in the shifting light—keeps resurfacing […]
The Alchemy of Adolescence – A Metamodern Reflection on Puberty Blockers
In the spirit of metamodern inquiry and integration—where the aesthetic impulse is guided by a mythic sensibility, and the fire of critique is held within […]
Trusting the Spiral – Reflections on Soul-Making and Symbolic Process
Earlier this year, an image came to me with unusual clarity: I am both an Osprey circling in the heavens and a Tortoise finding its […]
The Open Pot in the Market – People Pleasing and the INFJ Psyche
There’s a recurring image that has found its way into my reflective practice—a Roman or Greek pot, standing open in the centre of a sunlit […]
Culture is Not an Industry – Reimagining the Role of Community Media in the Foundational Economy
Justin O’Connor’s Culture is Not an Industry arrives at a critical moment. In a period marked by profound institutional fatigue, eroded trust in public and private […]
Wetherspoons Approval Committee—Britain’s Cycle of Casual Judgement
In pubs across Britain, there’s a common scene played out repeatedly, one that reveals something about the nation’s collective psyche. Picture a group of regular […]
Rethinking Media as a Foundational Public Good – Addressing the Policy Gap in UK Media Reform
The UK’s media landscape is at a crossroads. Decentered Media has long argued that the erosion of local media institutions has left a void in […]
Expanding and Developing the Transformative Potential of Podcasting
In a recent interview for the Soar Sound Spotlight programme, youth worker Aaron Todd highlighted the power of podcasting as a transformative tool for young […]
The Tyranny of Happiness – How the Modern Obsession with Personal Fulfilment Ignores the Lessons of History
In modern Western societies, happiness has been elevated to a moral imperative. It is no longer merely a fleeting experience or an occasional gift of […]