My colleague Sally Parker talks about regenerative cultures. These are cultures that are dediacted to reengaging things that have lost their ability to participate in a system’s movement toward wholeness. It applies to people, natural resources, consumables, garbage, and knowledge.
The Native American Huron word, orenda, is the idea that affirmation of declaring one’s future with honesty, humility, and confidence has the power to bring one’s intention into reality.
Thanks to ReallyGoodFreelanceWriter, Barbara Payne for the reallygoodreview of Accidental Conversations linked from her weblog, AngelsAndFrogs.
Another reminder today about the observation that we cannot easily hold two contradictory emotions at the same time. So when we practice gratitude, we leave little or no room for emotions of deficiency. Our emotional karma is in many ways within our scope of influence.
Bumped into one the veteran beat cops at the Market today. In response to my query about safety/crime trends, he’s observing a statistical and perceptual decline in crime in the historical market area since the evolutionary and discontinuous commercial and residential development here. It’s the story of the self-reinforcing cycle: development leading to more foot traffic, leading to more perceptions of safety, leading to more commerce and resident influx, leading to more development, leading again to … the ecological eovlution toward more sustainability.
My friend Patsy Kline (Gallery U owner) suggests that gallery owners need to collaborate on promoting artists across galleries. She also imagines bringing the arts to the Bud Light crowd.
While we’re at it, we all need to get better at cross-promoting talent within and across media and genres: visual arts, performance arts, writing, theatre, poetry.
The possibilities are endless.
What is love? Gratitude.
What is hidden in our chests? Laughter.
What else? Compassion.
Rumi
Sometimes, questions are far more impactful than statements. They test assumptions and help people become accountable for their actions. When we don’t know what to say in difficult conversations, it may be a sign it’s not about the statements we can tender but the questions we can pose. Sometimes our power is in the questions.
So, how much of an oxymoron is it to command people to live in freedom?
When I visit the blogs of seasoned and emerging cognizenti, writers, and other knowledge merchants, I have the same experience as when I revisit artists in their studios. Each visit reveals more sketches, research fragments, and pieces in progress. Each phase in their evolution speaks of the magic that happens when closure is less important than creative exploration.
