Author Archives: dgermann
Generations no longer alone
With our outreach, generations are no longer alone. Grandparents and grandchildren enfold, inspire one another. We craft a new narrative. :- Doug.
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Pregnant vantage point
Story: a productive pregnant vantage point for the process of nudging the arc of humanicity. :- Doug.
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Gilgamesh for instance
Look to the old stories, Gilgamesh for instance, and see what they have to teach us. :- Doug.
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Count verbs and nouns
Count your story’s verbs and nouns one set looks ahead one is dying :- Doug.
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pushes us outside
Storytelling pushes us outside of today :- Doug.
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Story has a longer touch
Story has a longer touch than do we garden Gilgamesh Odysseus :- Doug.
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In a plaited world
In a plaited world all causes inter-weave no story changes humanity the fabric our species weaves requires every thread :- Doug.
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Won’t read when I retire?
If I say I won’t read my work subjects when I retire, what does that say about the quality of the work I am doing? :- Doug.
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I try not to have goals
I try to not have goals to move beyond outcomes —short sight— to with for the sake of with :- Doug.
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Beyond messages
Together this we can do beyond messages beyond outcomes communing :- Doug.
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Setting out to serve
Setting out to serve humanity’s grandchildren we know not what and whom we will meet :- Doug.
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Serving grandchildren
Maybe we’re not changing the world. Maybe we’re not engendering a better humanity. Maybe we are serving the grandchildren of humanity. :- Doug.
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know, finally know
How will we go if we know, finally know we’ll never arrive? :- Doug.
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will not know when
In this work we will not know when we have arrived for when are we human? :- Doug.
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Make believe
Make believe for something like it will be :- Doug.
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Hung up on results
Don’t get hung up on results Care mightily about reaching across :- Doug.
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at the speed of clouds
at the speed of clouds unnoticed we move we morph :- Doug.
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