by Jeff Howlin | Jul 5, 2025 | Biology, Ecopsychology, Imagery, Poetry, Symbolic, Uncategorized, Unconscious
In the spring and early summer on the beaches in Central California, it is not uncommon to find hundreds of small, dark blue creatures washed up on beaches. Commonly called “by-the-wind sailors,” these unique animals have a translucent “sail”... by Jeff Howlin | Apr 29, 2025 | Archetypes, Imagery, Nature, Psychotherapy, Symbolic, Trauma/PTSD, Uncategorized
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner (Looney Tunes) cartoons were popular cartoons in my childhood. The common theme in all of the episodes was the coyote chasing the road runner and coming up with devious methods in attempts to catch the bird. The road runner always... by Jeff Howlin | Dec 10, 2022 | Dreams, Ecopsychology, Imagery, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Symbolic, Uncategorized
Of all humanity’s clever tools, perhaps the greatest is metaphor. Buffalo can serve as the metaphor for all wildness, and the lesson in their near extinction and return can inform us all about bringing our planet back to balance. —Dan O’Brien, Great Plains Bison In my... by Jeff Howlin | Jun 20, 2022 | Dreams, Imagery, Poetry, Uncategorized
In my last blog post, I wrote about the image of the butterfly. The image of the bridge is another significant and common image that presents in dreams. A butterfly image can be an image of transformation. The bridge can also be an image of potential transformation... by Jeff Howlin | Apr 22, 2022 | Ecopsychology, Imagery, Nature, Poetry, Uncategorized
There is nothing in the caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly. Buckminster Fuller Let me tell you about the butterfly. It is an image of transformation. It is not just any image. The journey from egg, to chrysalis, to caterpillar to butterfly,... by Jeff Howlin | Dec 23, 2019 | Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Poetry
Over the Thanksgiving holiday last month, my family and I were “snowed in” in a mountain cottage west of Denver, Colorado. In the Colorado Rockies, snow can come down hard and deep in almost any month. I was fortunate to have 48 hours or so in a...
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