About

I'm Scott Johnson, professor of Earth and climate sciences at the University of Maine. My broad interest is in the physics of flow, whether in water, ice, atmospheres, or rock, and how these systems respond to evolving forces. I also study the inner landscape through depth psychology, contemplative practice, and direct experience.

My books and other contributions grow from the convergence of those two paths, and from the recognition that the dynamical principles governing how physical systems organize may also describe how finite minds organize into experience. I write independently through Inner Exploration Labs, and my scientific work appears in the peer-reviewed literature.