Presidents Remarks
President’s Remarks, Vol. 4, No. 2
At the moment the world is a frightening place: events in Israel and Palestine are creating tremendous pain and conflicts for everyone, and it is hard to have faith in a peaceful and just solution.
Editorial Notes
A Fragile Thread
In times when life is held by a thread, and respite feels unattainable, we are left with the difficult task to attend, contend with, and find ways to embrace the horrors and possibilities inherent to our fragile human existence.
Editorial Notes
Dark Times
The pictures on the TV were horrific. Children, old people, and young people were killed. It was unbearable to look at and listen to the news.
Interview
Return of the Repressed: In Conversation with Christiane Laurito
Carolina Bacchi interviewed Christiane Laurito about her photographs “Lascívia”, “Alento”, and “Partidas e Chegadas”, published on Critica Spring 2023 Vol. 5 (This is a bilingual interview, translated from Portuguese to English)
Poetry
Visible/Invisible
I look for youBut you are not thereI can still hearThe soft murmurs of our voicesRhythmic hearts beatingAs real a
Art
Life Line
Dawn Shhifreen-Pomerantz, “Life Line”, Encaustic on wood panel, 20”x24”
Essay
Monsters
As an androgynous, non-binary person attempting to live and speak my subjective truths that are intrinsically at odds with the prescriptions of the oppressive, hypernormative heteropatriarchy, I have also been exposed to various versions of being told my time was up.
Art
Invisible Weaver
Katherine A. Straznickas, PhD, “Invisible weaver: loom”, Wood, brick, September 2023 Katherine A. Straznickas, PhD, “Invisible weaver: tapestry”, Line
Poetry
Eulogy
Carol Cleland’s Eulogy
The Wake Up Project (Or How Carol Woke Us Up) by Bruce Weitzman, Psy.D., M.F.T Carol was in her fourth year of seminar when I began training at PINC.
Art
the Murmurs of Our Voices
Dawn Shifreen-Pomerantz, “the Murmurs of Our Voices”, Acrylic on Canvas, 20”x24”
Poetry
An Attempt At Untangling
Our words are not enough to describe youTiny, little cricketsThat chirp and jump awayThere are so manyI ran after them but I can’t seeIt’s too dark, I
Essay
Brief Essay on Maurice Merleau-Ponty The Visible-Invisible
Maurice Jean Jacques Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) was a French existentialist philosopher and a strong proponent of phenomenology in post-war F
Poetry
Art
Gravity
Ever since early childhood, when my older brother explained the phenomena of gravity to me, I have been captivated by the idea of it. This triggered a
Art
Stranded/At Arm’s Length
I make abstract work reflecting the physical landscape with uncertainty. I encode my works with visual elements of physical mapping, boundaries, rules
Essay
Report From Cartagena: Collaborations Working Under Fire: A Community Psychoanalysis International Working Group
The multiple crises of contemporary global life demand mobilization within psychoanalytic institutions and organizations to utilize our lear
Art
Lost Refugees
Paul Ransohoff. DMH, Refugees, after Daumier; walnut ink on paper, 11 x 15 inches Paul Ransohoff. DMH, Lost Refugees, after Goya; sepia ink on paper,
Essay
A Conference in the Mangroves of La Boquilla
Our flight landed in Cartagena. Beautiful Colombia, I thought, while invaded by Gabriel Garcia Marques descriptions of this country that I am about to
Poetry
A White Man Speaks
I write to you as a white man.I write to you as a dare to myself.I write to you in the only way I know.I write as I do not want to disappoint myself.I
Poetry
Art
The Presence of Music
Dawn Shifreen-Pomerantz “The Presence of Music” Encaustic on wood panel, 18”x24”
Editorial
President’s Remarks: Critica Vol. 4, No. 1
The glut of office space in San Francisco and elsewhere in the Bay Area seems to represent the larger community’s reluctance to return to full-time in person work.
Editorial
The Pulsating Body in Psychoanalysis
Beyond the psychic space, I find necessary to highlight the body as existing in the social sphere and as such collectively marked.
Editorial
Some Reflections on The Fragmented Human Body and Psychoanalysis
In the first paragraph of Carolina’s editorial, she summarized the complex issue of the body in psychoanalysis. In my editorial, I will br
Review
Return of the Repressed
In her paper, Koshkarian (2022) argues that bodily autonomy should be placed at the center of the psychoanalytic map as a fundamental human right, urg
Art
Art
Art
Essay
The Masked Body
This short piece is excerpted from a moral fairytale titled On a cru. . .[We believed…]. Using the freedom of tone that any satire allows, the text pr
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