https://neilwinterburn.net/notes/ 2026-06-23T20:39:59+00:00 https://neilwinterburn.net/notes/ https://neilwinterburn.net/notes/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2026-06-23T09:49:09+00:00 neilwinterburn (neilwinterburn@undisclosed.example.com) https://neilwinterburn.net/notes/doku.php?id=start&rev=1782208149&do=diff I started this collection of notes in the first few years of my kids being born. For the first few years of each of their lives I had very little studio time, my main artistic practice was writing notes to myself about how I'd like to practice if I had the time. I got into the habit of quickly tapping down ideas on my phone on the loo, on the stairs inbetween fetching teddies/clothes/food or just before falling asleep. As hard as that was, it's really done me a lot of good to just stop for a bit… text/html 2026-06-23T09:32:20+00:00 neilwinterburn (neilwinterburn@undisclosed.example.com) https://neilwinterburn.net/notes/doku.php?id=gestalt&rev=1782207140&do=diff Introduction to gestalt history and background I took these notes while taking part in the Introduction to Gestalt course at the Manchester Gestalt centre which was facilitated by James Barrot. Gestalt, like Person Centred Therapy and Transactional Analysis came out of the humanistic tradition and developed in the mid 20th Century. It developed as an alternative to behaviorism and psychoanalytical therapy. text/html 2026-06-23T09:11:51+00:00 neilwinterburn (neilwinterburn@undisclosed.example.com) https://neilwinterburn.net/notes/doku.php?id=the_field&rev=1782205911&do=diff The Field The idea of the field coming from modern physics is used in gestalt and more recently in social sciences and philosophy of social sciences. 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