Monthly Archives: February 2020
discovering bread
Finding poems discovering bread :- Doug.
centuries off
The destinations centuries off nor do we know :- Doug.
we imagine we steer
Given a paddle as we embark we imagine we steer and empower yet :- Doug.
Remove need for results
Three hundred years carries the advantage to remove the need for results, freeing us to do the important, the big thing. :- Doug.
Value of a story?
What is the value of a story to ensuing generations? Might we get intentional about using story not just to build a better world but to grow a better humanity? :- Doug.
For sale: threadbare mourning shawl
For sale: baby shoes never worn. Threadbare mourning shawl. 101 stories told into 11 sets of grandchildren’s eyes. :- Doug.
Define and stretch a quality
Why do I want my grandchildren to ask better questions? Because I want them to think and live qualitatively. I want them to define a quality of life and stretch to it, rather than simply let life come over them. … Continue reading
Recently older
Name 3 people you’ve recently noticed are older. :- Doug.
Stories improve lives
Name 3 ways stories might improve the lives of our hearers. :- Doug.
Qualities to explore?
Humanicity is the quality of being human. How might our stories affect the qualities the generations explore? :- Doug.
Wonderables
Numbers are about quantities things to compare Poetry is about qualities ponderables wonderables :- Doug.
Seeking depth and nuance
As the machines get brighter and take over expert tasks, particularly in statistics and probabilities, the human role in seeking depth and nuance will be encouraged. :- Doug.
Study story so that
We study story so that we might engender an improved humanity in 300 years. :- Doug.
a little more east
We can touch the arc so it comes closer or farther a little more east a little more west :- Doug.
Immersed in story
We are immersed in story. We live for story. We create story by the way we live. Might we yet get intentional about our stories? :- Doug
Farsight arc
With farsight, our stories might just touch generations, bending the arc of humanity. :- Doug.