coming to court
hoping for resolution
to mediate the differences
to have calmer heads prevail
but coming to realize
that is a pipe dream
seeing their eyes
as they come together
eyes of our clients
panic in the hallway
steps of the court
as an animal, a deer
caught in the woods
nowhere to run, caught
in unfamiliar territory
wolves on the hunt
not knowing what to do
only wanting to run
calming frightened deer
to bring them back
to the table, to mediation
regaining some composure
some semblance they are human
supposedly governed
governed by reason, by thought
by the brain, the cortex,
yet for an instant propelled
back eons of life, ancient
returning to a more primitive state
where law has no meaning
not knowing what to do
only wanting to run
edited April 12, 2014
calming the frightened
deer – v6
(editing original again)
Edited November 9, 2013
calming the frightened
deer – v5
(editing version 2 again)
Edited October 1, 2013
calming the frightened
deer – v4
(editing version 2)
Edited August 30, 2013
calming the frightened
deer – v3
Edited June 19, 2013 and
June 20, 2013
calming the frightened
deer – v2
June 16, 2012
calming the frightened
deer
written after attending
NH Bar Continuing Legal
Education seminar
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice,
Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution
Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
June 14, 2012
&
triune brain
&
mirror neurons
&
Amygdala hijack -
wikipedia
&
subliminal persuasion
priming
video – “Derren Brown -
Mind Control”
&
It Takes a Village
&
It Takes a Family
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