Category Archives: Eldering
Erase the elder
The function of the elder is to erase the elder. :- Doug.
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When we are young
When we are young the great act is play When we are adult it is woman-man entwining When we are elder the great act is a converse that is play infinite play :- Doug.
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Trust him to carry
We converse with the 300 year grandchild-elder in part by starting with the 3 year old in front of us. Trust him to carry the conversation. :- Doug.
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Meaning + Intention = Shift
As an elder changes the meaning of the grandparent-grandchild relation, and changes the intention of at least one party, the world has already shifted. It seems a small change. Maybe it is profound. The new meaning is we are about … Continue reading
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Create new elders
Elders are responsible for the creation of new elders out of the raw materials of the young. If we increase our proportion…. We have been granted a special access to the young. :- Doug.
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Special names for grandchildren
Give the special names to the grandchildren. Challenge them to make the names live up to them. :- Doug.
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Elder years:
Elder years: only pleasant? also useful? :- Doug.
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Shape the grandchildren?
Shape the grandchildren? Shape the circumstances? Shape swirls moving among? :- Doug.
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Philosophy meets play
For the Grandchildren is not personal development but philosophy and activisim: For the Grandchildren is where Philosophy meets Play, and Activism meets the Ages. :- Doug.
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Questions which last
Leo Tolstoy writes in Confession “the thing you call your life will come to an end and with it all your questions.” Might there be questions which last? Questions which query the 300-year grandchildren-elders? Can we offer them these questions … Continue reading
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This grandchild’s art
Make your art to highlight another grandchild’s generative power and art. :- Doug.
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This poem
This poem has come my way up to you now to carry on it and me handing it over to she who will carry us all further still :- Doug.
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Questions we cannot answer
If we find the questions we cannot answer, well then! We have found a valuable gift, one to leave to the generations. :- Doug.
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Three enduring things
The ancients said the three enduring things are Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. What are our forms of this? Perhaps truth is our ever ongoing growth, beauty is the ever-widening panoramas, and goodness is the ever-deepening intimacy and conversation with all. … Continue reading
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