Author Archives: dgermann
By kindred surrounded
By kindred souls of many generations surrounded :- Doug.
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in silence shared
Meet the grandchildren in silence shared :- Doug.
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fecund mesocosm
We study the microcosm for scents of the macrocosm, for ranging truths and long patterns, for how we might live our microcosm. Less often we regard the fecund mesocosm, the community and our companions. Let us learn, together. :- Doug.
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traces of future people
We ask questions. What can we learn of humanity? Of ourselves? What is our role in the stream of humanity? What can we learn of coming generations? The flow of humanity is seldom if at any time straight lines and … Continue reading
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Characters contradictory
Characters, persons in our stories of people yet to be, ought to be full of contradictions and unknowings—real. :- Doug.
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Why humanity even matters
Tell us why humanity even matters to the world. :- Doug.
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Whenever you find yourself
Community with the ages is whenever you find yourself. :- Doug.
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The call of the ages
The call of the ages, their whisper: this is mine. Because they are there: can you not see, Blake asked us, the company of the heavenly host around the sun, singing Holy, Holy, Holy? Do you see only with your … Continue reading
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watered by reading
I am to tend a garden watered by reading and fed by thinking. :- Doug.
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Imagination of the ages
One work aspect is to develop my imagination of the ages. :- Doug.
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Starting point
But I don’t know anything—this has to be my starting point. :- Doug.
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Whisper of the ages
The whisper of the ages Hear Why work with those generations ahead? Because they are there. Because we need one another. Because it is worth imagining how we could change humanity. :- Doug.
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A gnarly vine
Where ages touch A gnarly vine Carries juicy life :- Doug.
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Ages can meet
Intensive research into how the ages can meet for life’s good. :- Doug.
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Introducing the unexpected
We, grandmothers and grandfathers, can intermediate the generations, introducing the unexpected. We can unite the insights of different centuries, compare metaphors. We offer a way to see each other’s problems in a new context. :- Doug.
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Converse, ages, life
What is it I am exploring? Grandchildren, generations, futures, humanity, humanicity, ancestors. Generating. How we might converse across the ages: to improve life. Converse, ages, life. :- Doug.
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