Insecurity

I recently came across an interview with clinical psychologist, Jordan Peterson, involving searing criticism of an earlier speech he made to a gathering of students. His defence is interesting, but the bit that interests me most is in the last eight minutes of the YouTube video that follows, which cuts to a speech made by him that focuses on what he refers to as human vulnerability, which I prefer to call insecurity. He speaks of the deepest of human vulnerabilities that cause us to do all the things we dislike or revile; he speaks of the individuality of human personality and most importantly, he speaks about the spectrum of political stations from the extreme left to the extreme right, in between which there sits a majority of ‘reasonable people’ who neither subscribe to nor should they be accused of adopting the extremes of politics. All of this reflects my own deepest thoughts on human individualtity. The threads of all this run through so much of my poetry and essays over the past eight years. But, as the man repeatedly says at the beginning of his talk, there are no surprises; it’s all very predictable ... well, at least, it probably is to a clinical psychologist who has carried out in depth studies of the most awful of human activities such as, and specifically the building of concentration camps and genocide.

You can watch and listen to it here : https://youtu.be/IIeI5kByIpI

The Spring edition of BeZine was published on 15th March. Perhaps a little early to be sure of this refreshing time of year, but then the birds and plants think it’s time to start nest building. They should know. I hope it isn’t another false Spring.

Anyway, there is a feast of thought provoking material, essays and poems; nourishment to feed hungry minds in this edition of The BeZine: https://thebezine.com/

(My thoughts on human frailty ... ‘Insecurity‘ is here: https://thebezine.com/portfolio/insecurity/ )