More precisely, I want conduit to be a sacred role between generations, and between ways of knowing.

It changed the world, even if it is/was only in tiny ways that can’t be seen, measured.

When you are tempted to say “no,”a try asking “how?” instead. Often a “no” is a way of expressing a fear or worry that something can’t work. “How?” is a collaborative question, inviting the creation process to keep going, to come up with a way for the idea to grow to the next stage.

as we age, we realize the world is more complex, and we allow ourselves to get woven into that complexity.

I often find that people’s attention is flowing along the river of time. One person or group’s attention is flowing towards the past, towards what has already happened. They can’t see the present, or turn towards the future.

conflict is often a sign that there is a chance to transform.

Without intention, we are usually practicing what the dominant society wants us to practice—competing with each other to be cogs in a system that benefits the owning class, vaguely religious, vaguely patriotic.

Loretta Ross teaches us that, “When people think the same idea and move in the same direction, that’s a cult. When people think many different ideas and move in one direction, that’s a movement.”

having community to learn with is actually really crucial for human development. It means we learn to see ideas, not just through our own singular and limited perspectives, but to see how different experiences create different ways of thinking about things, of comprehending and applying ideas.