Kirsten
@rootyarn
Following threads of not knowing and seeing what structures they form. Delighting in the pulse of life and the moment. Trusting in living systems, the cosmos and the trip that is life.
Kirsten
rootyarn.com
- And when I practice letting go of how I think things are supposed to look and instead cultivate a trust in the unfolding that is taking place, often in unseen ways, the Here-ness of challenge or pain or depression or grief or (anything) softens even 5%, and that 5% adds up fast when I don’t assume it’s nothing.
from To move toward fully living
- And if communities are spaces for belonging, cohorts are spaces for becoming.
from LF11 - Cohort Futures by Brian Dell
- Teachers should be guides of the learning journey, not authoritative instructors ready to dish out abuse or punishment when the child expresses non-conforming behaviors.
from System Failures: The Education System and the Proliferation of Reductive Thinking by Leyla Acaroglu
- Defining time well spent for yourself is one of the most important tasks of going day to day in this life.
- Silence is not just the absence of noise but the presence of truth.
Interesting reflections by others
Can untruth exist in silence? See connections btw lying and language…..vs manipulation (non-verbal)
Parents need guidance in directing their children on the road that leads to responsible educational independence. Learners need experienced leadership when they encounter rough terrain. These two needs are quite distinct: the first is a need for pedagogy, the second for intellectual leadership in all other fields of knowledge. The first calls for k
... See morefrom Deschooling Society (Open Forum S) by Ivan Illich
- While we speak, brain activity increases early on in sentences, anticipating structure building. In contrast, during listening, brain activity increased at the end of phrases, reflecting the integration of sentence structure.
from Brain responses to sentence structure differ for speaking and listening | Max Planck Institute by Peter Hagoort
Could be interesting for writing - would expect similar need to anticipate sentence structure to start building sentence. What skills are needed to anticipate the structure?
Then with writing also have opportunity to integrate the sentence structure and make possible changes. What skills are needed there?
- As Fritjof Capra says: a machine can be controlled, a living system can only be disturbed. At best, we will find ways of carefully nudging a living system. According to Donella Meadows, we must find its leverage points, those pivots that allow us to influence system behavior. Most importantly: after each cautious inter- vention, we must patiently o... See more
from Understanding Living Systems
- A tradeoff occurs every time you get feedback. You become slightly more mainstream, slightly more aligned with the zeitgeist. You become marginally more of an exploiter than an explorer , standing on the shoulders of the giants who conceived the paradigm you’re striving to build upon. This is very effective when you want to align your work with oth... See more
from The Feedback Tradeoff by Leber