Category: Retrospectives

  • Retrospective 2024-01

    This is a retrospective of the first week 2024 (2024-01-01–2024-01-07). I will write in both English and Swedish because I write for myself. Newborn thoughts are easier to express in my native language (Swedish). However, most of what I read is in English and then I will stick to English. For the most part, I…

  • Retrospective 2021-52

    This is a summary of my reading during 2021. Particularly interesting books/authors are marked in bold/bold. I read the following books (latest read, listed first): Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change by Adam Kahane Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together by Adam Kahane Initiating and…

  • Retrospective 2021-03–13

    This is a summary of my reading during the first quarter 2021 (weeks 3–13). There are two list below: The first list consists of books, articles, and letters that I have read (more or less in the order read). The second list are notes I made while reading (in chronological order). A collection of robert…

  • Retrospective 2021-02

    This is a brief summary of my reading the last two weeks. I haven’t painted anything. I have been reading Anthony Blake. Blake’s The Supreme Art of Dialogue is an excellent book which I read two years ago. Anthony Blake has many references to Gurdjieff in his book about the enneagram, which lead me to…

  • Retrospective 2021-01

    This is a summary of my reading and painting during 2020. Painting Here are my paintings 2020. Here are my five best paintings 2020. I did a first selection and then let people vote on twitter. Reading Here is my micro blog, where I keep track my of reading, and pile up my thoughts and…

  • Retrospective 2020-36

    This is a summary of my reading and painting last week (Aug 31–Sept 6, 2020). Painting I made the following painting and drawing during the weekend. Reading Books I continued reading Eugene Gendlin’s A Process Model. Gendlin asks how purpose and direction arise from within process? He introduces the concept of focaling. Many purposes and…

  • Retrospective 2020-35

    This is a summary of my reading and painting last week (Aug 24–30, 2020). Painting I painted this which is from a photo by Skye Hirst. Reading Books I am currently reading A Process Model by Eugene Gendlin. As I mentioned last week, it’s interesting to see how Gendlin works with all the logical force…

  • Retrospective 2020-33–34

    This is a summary of my reading and painting the last two weeks (August 10–23, 2020). Painting I am currently participating in the #drawingaugust challenge on Twitter and have been working on a series of portraits. I have also made some paintings based on photos by Skye Hirst. My other paintings are here. Reading The…

  • Retrospective 2020-32

    This is a summary of my reading and painting last week. Painting I painted the following. The painting to the right is from a photo by Skye Hirst (@autognomics). I am also participating in the #drawingaugust challenge on Twitter (via @janhoglundart). Reading Articles A month ago (week 28, 2020) I started reading the works of…

  • Retrospective 2020-31

    This is a summary of my reading during the week. Books I have read Wholeness in Science by Guus van der Bie. The author attempts to develop Goethe’s method in his interest in a humanization of medicine. Similarly, I think it’s possible to develop Goethe’s method in the interest of humanizing work. Traditional management, which…