conversational creativity
creativity is but an unfolding conversation
conversational creativity
I think it can be tempting as a novice to assume that everything a master produces must be refined in the high-res, high-production-value sense. I think that would be quite definitively wrong. A master has to be capable of producing quality low-res work, experimentally.
Visakan Veerasamy • on scaffolding
Resonance is feeling understood. It is improvization, banter, a jamming session. You’re playing music with others and they are building on it.
Shreyas Hariharan • The Goal is Resonance | Shreyas Hariharan
starting to suspect having a good conversation and feeling connected is not primarily eye contact or asking a lot of questions or not talking about yourself or whatever, or even curiosity, but some yet more fundamental thing that drives all of it like ... joie de vivre??
i get the sense the core thing is actually quite simple, and all the indicators... See more
i get the sense the core thing is actually quite simple, and all the indicators... See more
X. It’s what’s happening
“I would say that the demand for the perfect is the greatest enemy of the good. Perfection is a mathematical or divine concept, goodness is a beautiful human concept that includes us all.”
-Richard Rohr
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
... See moreDavid Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.
— Martin Buber
Sherry Ning • Don't look too closely, love
Most dialogues are just monologues in disguise.
Kelly Thompson • Tom White on Substack
One thing I know about writing is that you do not have to be in the mood to do it. Being in the mood to write, like being in the mood to make love, is a luxury that isn’t necessary in a long-term relationship. Just as the first caress can lead to a change of heart, the first sentence, however tentative and awkward, can lead to a desire to go just a
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