Breathe story
We breathe in story.
:- Doug.
Let us re-constellate the stories of our lives—and maybe a grander story.
:- Doug.
Four times we might just live
Four times we might just live
once in experiencing
twice in writing reflectively
thrice in rewriting for the generations
fourth when another reads the lesson you did not see
:- Doug.
Story elicits
Story elicits reciprocity
a bubbling up of “that reminds me”
deep flows from deep
:- Doug.
Story bends the arc
We live in story. If there is any way to bend the arc of humanity, it is through story.
:- Doug.
Into the better parts
We can in stories love one another into the better parts of ourselves, into wholeness.
:- Doug.
Speak from our time
We speak to our time from our time for the generations. We cannot speak for them otherwise. We must.
:- Doug.
Idealistic is now
In all your accumulated experience
for you to be idealistic
the time is now
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1875–Why 300 years?
Footprints in the Windsm # 1875
Why 300 years? Because it lifts our sights beyond those with whom we are able to talk. Because those in 300 years are close enough we can imagine them, but far enough away we are forced to think longer, in terms of lineages and species. Because we need to raise our sights beyond the quick fix. Because we are forced to ask what is best for humanity and maybe even life itself. Because it requires us to ask, How does what I do and who I am today have effects beyond me? Can we improve humanity, just a little?
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Long now short turn
The long now depends upon the short turning. The fast turn at the edge of a disk depends upon the increasing stillness toward the center.
:- Doug.
600-year short term
A 300-year future in a 600-year now gives an at-homeness in all the change swirling about. More, it instills a steadiness in the wind. It opens our eyes beyond next week and larger than our children to at least our species and culture if not life itself. It allows us to relax about some short term changes.
:- Doug.
Poetry is how
Poetry is how
we converse with our highest selves
our furthest ancestors and posterity
:- Doug.
Primary collaboration
This is primarily collaboration. Together, we figure out what we need to learn. What we need to do.
:- Doug.
