Category Archives: Eldering
Interview the woods
Interview the woods, the stream, the pond I will learn of you And you may tell the great grandchildren :- Doug.
working with elders to
I am going from working with elders to working with ancestors. :- Doug.
foothills of the future
I am working in the foothills of the future. :- Doug.
intentional future
I think we have a chance to make the future in an intentional way. That will take the hardest work—thinking. And the task is probably impossible. :- Doug.
of, with, and for grandchildren
Let us strive for a conversation of, with, and for the grandchildren. :- Doug.
W within w
Wheels within wheels ancestors within ancestors within grandchildren—all! :- Doug.
Grandchildren need this
What the grandchildren need is a good talking with! :- Doug.
Think hard about long
The task I set myself is the hardest task humans have yet devised—and so largely avoided—thinking. I think hard about long. :- Doug.
Thinking the future
I am thinking the future. My products will at first be poetry and conversation. :- Doug.
A new way of encounter
I am seeking a new way of encounter with grandchildren. :- Doug.
Without much thinking because
We could have changed all at once to smart working with the world about us. That would have saved us millennia of time and much waste. Instead, we did it the human way: slowly, with starts and stops, and without … Continue reading
Doing and dancing
Humans are about doing Manipulating their world Making, shaping, changing Subtly nuancing too Tending, befriending, dancing :- Doug.
Tension and wonder
Self-organizing principles (at least for humanity): tension and wonder. :- Doug.
Wonder may travel
Where is our sense of wonder about humans, including about the ancestors to come? This is the human language which may travel generations. :- Doug.