đż(under)water
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly ocean.
â Arthur C. Clarke
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đż(under)water
What the student needed above all was the chance to learn to think for himself. So he ought to pursue the line of investigation that interested him most, just as, conversely, a professor ought to be perfectly free to devote his own efforts however he chose. One term, a course of twenty-one lectures was offered on sharks alone, a favorite topic of
... See moreDavid McCullough ⢠Brave Companions
âWater is versatile. It can be big and powerful, it can quench thirst, it can be healing, it can drown us. It finds its own level, always. That is, water is always seeking balance and has a place it has to go. It can be scarce, it is necessary. Weâre utterly, devastatingly dependent on it. Itâs beautiful and tragic and it feeds us sometimes. When
... See moreadrienne maree brown ⢠Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
âwhether to float with the tide, or to swim for a goalâ
âThe cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.â by Karen Blixen, writing as Isak Dinesen
Maybe the real value of leaving your pond for the ocean is to access scale.
For years, I had a selfish lens on the fish in the pond metaphor. I thought about how I couldâve stayed the smartest fish in my pond if I had remained in my pond. I debated and discussed the advantages of being a small fish in a large pond - how it widened my horizons and
... See moreOne of my favorite ways of understanding nature creating more possibilities, is to watch water move through the world. Water creates the ways for itself, moving with gravity, moving around obstacles, wearing down obstacles, reshaping the world. When there isnât an overt way forward, water seeps into the land, becomes a vapor in the sky, freezes
... See moreadrienne maree brown ⢠Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
âThere are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says âMorning, boys. Howâs the water?â And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes âWhat the hell is water?ââ15 We need to become aware of our immersions.
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