conversational creativity
creativity is but an unfolding conversation
conversational creativity
Humans aren’t meant to excavate their inner feelings until they find their “true self.” We become ourselves in relation, not through introspection.
Laura London on Substack
Although many have tried many times, it is not really possible to command scenius into being. Every start up company, or university would like their offices to be an example of scenius. The number of cities in the world hoping to recreate the scenius of Silicon Valley is endless, but very few have achieved anything close. Innumerable art scenes
... See moreKevin Kelly • Scenius, or Communal Genius
Yin is allowing energy to flow where it will, without interference.
Yang is driving energy where it otherwise wouldn’t go.
River Kenna • Yin, Yang, Mistakes, Metis
Conversation isn’t the exchange of finished ideas but the collective creation of understanding that neither party could have reached alone.
A Philosophy of Conversation
Most dialogues are just monologues in disguise.
Kelly Thompson • Tom White on Substack
Knowledge isn’t transferred; it’s born through the dialogue itself. The teacher becomes not an authority delivering pre-packaged wisdom but a partner in bringing forth what was somehow already there, unrecognized.
A Philosophy of Conversation
the last line in many respects is the essence of the poet’s work, to work with the questions ‘that have no right to go away’ in the life of an individual, in the life of a relationship or marriage, and in our collective conversations in an increasingly fraught, worldwide society.
David Whyte • David Whyte
Resonance is feeling understood. It is improvization, banter, a jamming session. You’re playing music with others and they are building on it.