Artists Need the Freedom to Follow Their Own Path
I enjoyed hearing the clarity Rosie Kay brings to the questions raised in her conversation with Tanya de Grunwald on This Isn’t Working. The episode, […]
Articles by Rob Watson
Distraction Therapy – What If Getting Lost Isn’t Always a Mistake?
We spend a lot of time being encouraged to choose a destination, find the quickest route, and keep moving forwards. There’s comfort in having a […]
Looking Up – Julian Sahu on Photography, Memory and Making One Image Count
What changes when we stop scrolling and start looking? In this episode of Distraction Therapy, Rob Watson meets photographer Julian Sahu in the courtyard at Leicester’s […]
Before AI – Intuition, Belonging and the Shape of My Work
I recently asked an AI system to review a sample of my older writing and consider what it might reveal about my psychological orientation. There is […]
Distraction Therapy – Leaving Room for What Has Not Happened Yet
How far into the future do we need to imagine before the present becomes bearable? Tomorrow can still feel close enough to picture. The day […]
Distraction Therapy – Where Attention Refuses to Stay
What happens when the way we feel no longer fits the life we are expected to lead? This edition of Distraction Therapy moves through songs […]
Beyond Gender, Globalism and the Collective Psyche – A Jungian Response to Emmet Connor
The latest episode of Beyond Gender, hosted by Stella O’Malley and featuring Emmet Connor, author of The Red Pandemic, raises a worthwhile question but arrives […]
Distraction Therapy – Between the Everyday and the Unreachable
This edition of Distraction Therapy moves through several layers of contemporary Japanese music culture: independent guitar music, established melodic rock, singer-songwriter pop, bilingual British-Japanese avant-pop, […]
Distraction Therapy – Music Against The Finality Of Things
This edition of Distraction Therapy begins with a reassurance, although not quite a promise. In the Pet Shop Boys’ version of It’s Alright, music is […]
Beyond Contagion – Monomania, Mythic Quest and the Symbolic Life of the Psyche
The conversation between Stella O’Malley, Mia Hughes and Deanne Jade is serious in both subject and intention. It addresses anorexia nervosa, gender dysphoria, self-harm, obsessive […]