Editorial

Abstract

In his book The Songlines (1988), Bruce Chatwin describes how as a young man he awoke one morning to find himself blind. Understandably he smartly sought a medical consultation. His consultant suggested that he had been en-grossed in examining paintings in fine detail for too long (he was an art expert at Sotheby's), and should take time to explore long horizons. His sight had returned by the time he reached the airport.

I read about this in Australia's Northern Territory, a place of long and broad horizons. I was clearing my head, perhaps my vision, after a period of intense focus both within my practice and in our Association as a whole. Professions call for such a focus, and psychotherapy is no exception.