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Archive of the old "Let's Get Psychophysical" weekly newsletters (which are better than I remember!)

Kevin D Mackay
Mar 17
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I was looking through my old newsletters to see what I’d already written about, and was surprised to find some decent writing in there – a lot better than these 100 posts in 100 days!

The newsletter was called “Let’s Get Psychophysical” and out once a week (maybe that’s why the quality was a bit better than the daily posts.) This was back in 2021 and can’t remember why I stopped sending them, so let’s assume laziness.

But I might resurrect the same format I used to structure those emails.

The rule was I had to take 5 different things I was reading, thinking or talking about that week, and then somehow work them all in together, integrate them into a coherent whole, making connections and seeing what new insights emerged.

It was a useful practice for disciplining my thoughts and learning to use my brain a bit – instead of just consuming random shit and moving on to the next thing.

There are a few throwaway comments and hot takes scattered throughout, which I should probably expand into essays of their own. But we both know I won’t so all the links are below (in reverse order.)

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #17 An Awakened Mind in an Awakened Body

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #16 Becoming a Biped

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #15 The Three Approaches to Posture

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #14 The Primal Power of Play

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #13 The Necessary Tension of Opposites

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #12 The Psychophysical Gymnasium

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #11 In and Out of Wholes

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #10 The Psyche and the Physical

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #9 The Map is Not the Territory

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #8 Aiming for Alignment

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #7 Creating Order From Chaos

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #6 Mental models & Not-so-mental models.

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #5 Program or be programmed.

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #4 "Useful fictions" v Useless fictions

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #3 Winged Feet and Winged Words

Let’s Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #2 A list of 5 things to integrate "mind," "body" and "spirit."

Let's Get Psychophysical - Newsletter #1 A list of 5 things to integrate your body, emotions, mind and spirit.

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Graham
Mar 20Liked by Kevin D Mackay

I am reading them Kevin, slowly. Actually began a week before you posted this article and I must say there is much in there that strikes a chord within me. Before delving into the archives I actually had the thought that what you teach is something along the lines of Buckminster-Fullers tensegrity model. Lo and behold in newsletter #6 there he is beaming from ear to ear with a model of his dome structure. I get the feeling he would have approved unreservedely of what you teach. Anyway great stuff in there Kevin. Much better than 100 days.

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