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Background |
 My name is Lloyd Fell and I live at Faulconbridge, NSW, Australia, having retired from
research on animal behaviour and physiology. My PhD was on brain hormones, I like to write songs, and these web pages are one of my
current passions. Another is coordinating the Sydney group of the Scientific
and Medical Network. I may look a bit formal and serious,
but I've always sought the lighter touch, hoping to avoid taking myself or
any affairs of the mind too seriously. |
 That's my
granddaughter at 2 months of age. Isn't she beautiful? She inspired me to
start on these pages with Qualities of Life. After
that I outlined Making the Connection, another
attempt to pull together my previous writings into a more coherent whole.
Right now I'm focused on Seven Aspects of Knowing which
applies the science of wholeness to everyday living and discovering the
blind spots that limit knowing and communication.
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| You can go to some pictures (what is an organising idea?), some circular reflections, some songs in the context of autopoiesis or my on-line papers or workshop notes. | There are more pictures of my granddaughter, Emily, on the Qualities of Life page. |
For more details of my career see this Curriculum Vitae showing publications etc.
Blessed with a countryside upbringing, near Bellingen, NSW, Australia, I went barefoot until the age of 11, had aboriginal mates at school and learned much more about animals and trees than I did about cities, cinemas and society. My experience at an agricultural boarding school and a residential university was a mixture of many difficulties and a reasonable amount of satisfaction.
I obtained a bachelor and masters degree in agriculture and made a career in animal research for 38 years. The common theme of my research was stress in animals - measuring stress and alleviating its harmful effects. This led to specialisation in the sciences of behaviour and neuroendocrinology. Various difficulties led to spiritual growth as well. My PhD research in the early 70's was on brain hormones and from the mid 80's my intellectual passion became centred on human cognition and communication, particularly as influenced by the Chilean school of biology led by Humberto Maturana.
Retiring from regular employment in 2000, I gave up writing papers for scientific journals and applied research reports and, nowadays, much prefer to run courses and workshops and write for the Web. I am currently convenor of the Sydney group of the Scientific and Medical Network, an international organisation that explores spiritual aspects of science and medicine.
My passion is to write and to promote conversation about aspects of knowing, communication and stress in a way that could enhance the quality of life of individuals and organisations. As a self-taught songwriter and occasional performer, I also love creating songs and music that might assist our knowing about things to do with quality of life. Thankfully, at the age of
65, I can now give these interests, that have previously been my avocation, greater attention.
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