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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Interview | Nan

Friday, August 29, 2008

Nan is my mother. She’s also highly sensitive, but she raised me in a time before the term or trait of high sensitivity had been popularized. We had a conversation about my childhood – what it was like to be highly sensitive with each other in the days before the current knowledge and tools [...]

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Book | Air Guitar

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

“Dave Hickey’s prose transports are like an eye attached to a butterfly attached to a rocketship…”
~ Lawrence Weschler

Dave Hickey’s résumé is impressive. He’s written for Harper’s Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Artforum, plus many other publications. He’s been the Executive Editor of Art in America magazine. He’s owned and directed an art gallery. He’s written and [...]

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HSP Gatherings

Monday, August 25, 2008

One way to gain confidence and connect with people who are likely to understand you more readily than the general population is to attend a gathering of highly sensitive people (HSPs).
The blog HSP Notes is written by a man name Peter. In his post “Connecting HSPs” (scroll down to read the post) he writes about [...]

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Interview | Barbara Brady

Friday, August 22, 2008

Barbara Brady is a Life Coach and Intercultural Trainer who works with clients in person, by phone, and via the Internet. She focuses on supporting people through transitions – from making healthy relationship or career changes, to moving to a location that suits them, to navigating through expatriation or repatriation. She’s also written a book [...]

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Book | Pattern Recognition

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

William Gibson is well-known for his science fiction writing, which I love, but my favourite book of his is a non-science fiction novel. Pattern Recognition’s heroine, Cayce Pollard, is highly sensitive, and that plus Gibson’s mentally chewy writing has made me a happy re-reader of this novel.
Cayce Pollard is highly sensitive in a very particular [...]

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