conversational creativity

"Artifacts of humanity" in creative work — in the form of dust, mistakes, and deliberate strokes that flex human engagement — will showcase the human labor spent making a creation. Such artifacts of humanity, alongside Content Credentials that factually articulate how a piece of work was made, will add meaning and scarcity to the work in the eyes... See more

the hero's journey sometimes gets formulated as "you must go into the unknown, & bring something back"

I think there's a second, overlooked way: "you must go into the unknown - & bring others with you."

some people never 'come back' - they discover somewhere new & stay there

A good conversation is an act of joint exploration. Somebody floats a half-formed idea. Somebody else seizes on the nub of the idea, plays with it, offers her own perspective based on her own memories, and floats it back so the other person can respond. A good conversation sparks you to have thoughts you never had before. A good conversation starts

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It’s not that I know how to do this. It’s that my soul is guiding me through this.

—life mantra

Humans aren’t meant to excavate their inner feelings until they find their “true self.” We become ourselves in relation, not through introspection.

there is only one sin and it's refusing to accept feedback from reality