Tag Archive | psychology

Sympathy for the Bully

This is the “Soul Shrinker” (from “The Faerie Oracle” by Brian Froud). He is a fairy that grows uglier and uglier the more we humans tease, ridicule, gossip and torment each other. He used to be beautiful but listening to and witnessing all of this human ugliness has affected his appearance much like that of […]

Welcome to the Mask-erade

Last Sunday I attended a “trance mask workshop” with Jun Imai, mask-maker and improv director here in Tokyo. I didn’t know what was going to expect but my friend Huw had invited me along and had attended Jun’s workshop before, saying it was something pretty special. Naturally I was intrigued. It was raining cats and […]