Monthly Archives: April 2021
Holding on for 300 years
This tension trying our souls—how do we hold it for 300 years? :- Doug.
Can touch transcend space?
So how many ways do we have to talk, to meet? Beyond the voice and literature? Eyes from mother to baby, touch, gesture, music? How about prayer, worship, inspiration, enthusiasm, imagination? Memory, dreams, biological pull, breath, silence, presence? Can any … Continue reading
Do women?
Do women have a special connection with offspring and possibly foregoing generations, wherein they already converse, turn, and talk, tell? :- Doug.
democracy of ages
We are in democracy, polity, community, with those of the ages. :- Doug.
Grandchildren only?
Is the conversation for the good of the grandchildren only? :- Doug.
Whispers affect?
How ought the whispers affect you? :- Doug.
We don’t talk of the generations
It’s a problem that we don’t talk to and of the generations. It’s a problem the generations are not heard by us. It’s a problem we can work on. Together. All generations. :- Doug.
Talk, hear, tension
Can we talk with the 300-year grandchildren and hear them talk with us? Not so quick: hold that tension. Either is conceivable. The stretching is the key. Here imagination stirs. :- Doug.
Feedback grandchildren?
Can we form a feedback loop with grandchildren? :- Doug.
Do they dance?
If I turn my thoughts to you and you turn yours to me, do they dance? Do they communicate? Do they do something good? :- Doug.
Turn toward
The initiation is to turn toward one another. To invite others. :- Doug.
Conscious dance
A key: can these others be conscious of us and we of them? Does conversation rest on consciousness? Or rather dance with it? :- Doug.
Mapping kangaroos
Let’s devise a way to map a conversation. Indicators of speed, direction, timing, people taking turns, talking over one another, a butterfly floating in and out, bumblebees, kangaroos, giraffes, minds bubbling, and getting lazy. What’s going on in there? :- … Continue reading
Bits and brews
It is significant that I don’t know—we don’t know—what conversation is. The turning of dance or compost is just the start. But what is going on? What is happening inside this operation that emerges new thinking? Where are the edges, … Continue reading
Conversation looks
Why should I think I know what conversation looks like? :- Doug.
Explosives in the library
A Library of Conversations for Grandchildren: Wherein I Ask If it is Possible & Continuously Have my Mind Burst Open :- Doug.