The Conversational Creator
Issue 1 of The Frontier
The Conversational Creator
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
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
Rudra Dakini • Tweet
choice a) tends to be taken by people who want to go faster or be more efficient or get a predictable outcome... and often blocks their ability to see what they actually need to do what they need to do in the territory. "A map is a claim about what can be ignored," ...and if you study the map first, you're likely ignore/not notice the things that w... See more
Rudra Dakini • Tweet
part 2 of river kenna’s spiel on maps vs territory
i cannot overstate how big the difference is between
a - learning a map, then venturing into the territory, and
b - venturing through the territory, then finding out there are maps
a - learning a map, then venturing into the territory, and
b - venturing through the territory, then finding out there are maps
Rudra Dakini • Tweet
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
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
By the time the map is available it is useless, life has changed its tracks. Life has started playing a new game. You cannot cope with life with maps because it is not measurable, and you cannot cope with life by consulting guidebooks because guidebooks are possible only if things are stagnant. Life is not stagnant—it is a dynamism, it is a process
... See moreOsho • Courage
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
... See moreJulia Cameron • The Right to Write
We put such pressure on ourselves to know exactly who we are and what we want in every moment; it’s okay for some things to be fuzzy. People who identify with having “so many issues” are often just people who don’t have immediate or perfect closure on the ever-evolving experience of being human.
Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
Allowing and encouraging a quality of play and experimentation in practice is vital, and vitalizing. I can’t emphasize this enough. Usually that’s how we learn best as human beings, and it keeps things from getting rigid and feeling heavy.