Dabrowskian development is one of learning not to be controlled by social and biological forces. A strong developmental instinct helps us instead to choose a life that is more in keeping with the person we want to be, rather than who we are or who we were, especially when who we should be is in conflict with more primitive instincts.
If you are a writer fascinated by science or a science geek who loves to write, be sure to check out Quantum Shorts 2015, a flash fiction competition for “stories no longer than 1000 words – inspired by the quantum world.”
Looking back, I wonder how we learned anything before the internet, but somehow I read that George Lucas was planning to make a total of nine films in the series, each three years apart. I was thirteen, and would have to wait until I was forty to see them all.
This week when I saw Frank Waln’s name in a South Dakota Magazine article, my newfound hip-hop obsession/interest and childhood spent on the Rosebud briefly converged.
Today is National Poetry Day in the UK. Head over to Twitter for poems, links, and news; watch Guardian readers deliver their favorite poems, and be sure to check out and bookmark this list of 12 British Poets sharing their favorite poems and their thoughts on this year’s theme: light.