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
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We think we tell stories, but stories often tell us, tell us to love or to hate, to see or be blind. Often, too often, stories saddle us, ride us, whip us onward, tell us what to do, and we do it without questioning. The task of learning to be free requires learning to hear them, to question them, to pause and to hear silence, to name them, and
... See moreI’ve been teaching creative writing for many years. And teaching writing is a weird thing, because it’s not just about helping students master a subject. It’s really about helping them discover what stories they’re meant to tell, how best to tell those stories, and how to overcome the inhibitions that inevitably arise when we seize the mantle of... See more
Steve Almond Tells Us
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.
Peter Hagoort • Brain responses to sentence structure differ for speaking and listening | Max Planck Institute
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?
The fact that for a second we think robots could replace us shows how little we value who or what we are and where we came from. Our lives, the journey of being here.
They might replace us but because we put them in place of us, that's it. We are creating ourselves away by not realising where creativity actually comes from. Not from us but through
... See moreWant us to reckon with the layers of labelling, with the action of naming.
Oh, so you are saying the people are not real.
Nope, I am asking you to consider though what is real about them. Is it their roles, their titles, their identities? To what extent are they real?
And if not that what is real about them? What is under the layer of labelling?
My fear was often that I am ignorant because of what I don't know. I actively spent energy resisting certain information from becoming something that I know. I pushed it away and there was a fear that this was some kind of laziness. It was definitely meant to save energy. And that energy was often used on staying in the unknowing, holding tension
... See moreIf normal is linked to some kind of average know that that can and will shift. Will you shift with it? If you stick to this kind of normal and have a fear of being seen as crazy going against the average or what is widely promoted then you are easy pray to being manipulated and being convinced to give up your principles. If this applies to the
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