Category Archives: Conversation

We declare but mostly decode the better part of humanity in the stories that choose us as their teller. We decode for the spirits of those who come after. They enter our conversation by putting into our stories their coming … Continue reading →

Reverence for belonging. :- Doug.

Conversation is weaving— story too weaves— dance :- Doug.

Having saved only 1 person’s letters we yet get a sense of the whole conversation. So too with the 600 year conversation. :- Doug.

Conversation most often is or embeds story—what happened, our pain, our celebration, our dream, the new plan will carry a brighter day. Conversation and story are not the same but they often can be seen walking hand in hand. :- … Continue reading →

Conversing with the 300-year people is about communion. What we hold in common. We are the animals who can see what we have in common, can story about it. :- Doug.

1st 4th generation + story + 300 years + conversation = ? Recipe? Recipe for intentionally finding better ways to be human? :- Doug.

So can we speak in normal back and forth conversation with 300-year people? Who is to say back and forth is the standard? Are there other forms of give and take? Can we give to the people of the 1700s, … Continue reading →

Being intentional about reaching out to the plus and minus 300-year people, we would be among the few, perhaps among the first to do so. :- Doug.

On the possibility of conversing with the 300-year people: writing and reading, reflecting, developing congruence, touching, being touched: all these are ways readily open to us. We can get us talking, get them talking, get us hearing. Sharing and caring … Continue reading →

When we are writing reflectively, we could be reflecting those of other centuries. When we reflect upon these other lives our lives here today develop congruently with these. This is the meeting, the conversing. This is each in-forming the other. … Continue reading →

Could conversing with 300 year people be an art form? A life-sustaining skill? :- Doug.

It occurred to me that conversing is sharing heart and caring and this then can go back and forth across the centuries. Can we love these people 300 years before, 300 years ahead? Are we only better than they, and … Continue reading →