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The last of these for a while.

One day someone is going to tell you to believe in yourself, even though you don't know what that means exactly.

In this presentation I describe the development of the thinking that led me to a method of instruction I've called the way home, which is an artificial/educational tool for acting out psycho-social development.

A story about innocence turned rogue in a small boy on a narrow bridge.

Freedom is a story in two parts, you've probably heard the first.

This is the beginning of a new chapter, and a note on therapeutic relationships in education. It contains two stories and an introduction to forgiveness.

This is the third step, to gather, also the end of the second chapter and the beginning of a new way through, to understand. Its a mouthful of precise language.

The second step on the way home. Is this Art? And an attempt to understand a conversation about abortion.

The first step on the way home is to sit down. This letter features Mr Puebla, the Little Clown and other examples.

This is letter is about looking for home and what it might mean to help others who are looking for it too. Its also an introduction to a project I'm currently undertaking at Arquetopia in Puebla, Mexico. And online version of this letter is at danielsilver.work Including a YouTube video of a story I make reference to in this episode.

I arrived after dark in Mexico City with one word of Spanish. By the end of the following day I was left with impressions. And something about distance.

This episode picks up where the last left off, with fragments and some old stories, and the promise of new ones. You can read an online version at danielsilver.work Note: The story of Murayana comes from Arnhem Land. I first heard it when I found an old recording from a project that took place at Gapuwiyak School in 2005. After that I asked some of my friends and family for more details. What I’ve written here is only a fragment.

This letter deals with doubt and the path of understanding without jumping to conclusions. It also describes meditation. You can read it here danielsilver.work

I hope this fragment sheds some light on the tyranny of comfort.

This letter is about the sweet nectar contained in stories. You can read it at danielsilver.work

This letter is a little rusty. Its about bedtime stories and Yolngu spirituality.

In this letter an old story comes to an end and the scene is set for another turn round the sun.

This is part two of a story from Alice Springs. Its about love and birth and separation and therapy.

This letter comes from Alice Springs. Its about a cafe that serves directions.

This letter deals with a very sensitive theme. Its about what it feels like to give up on a dream, perhaps its also about the origins of prayer and ritual. Its as far as I ever thought I'd go.