Sometimes we notice
There is depth in the world. It is in need of our attention. Sometimes we don’t notice till it has passed.
:- Doug.
Archive for July, 2015
Why is education important?
Why is education important? To you? Why is this conference important?
:- Doug.
So too their caregivers?
If the residents of the nursing home need something beyond mere existence, so too do their caregivers?
:- Doug.
weeds in pond
G
weeds in pond
out of reach
people sitting
silent in worship
friends chatting
doers leaning in
stars
overcast
ordinary
meeting
:- Doug.
Clash! Sparks! Fire!
Clash! Sparks! Fire!
Keep a water bucket by
Or throw on more fuel?
Do we want fire
Or smoke?
:- Doug.
People or memos
People. Conversation is about people. Growing. Becoming permeable to one another. Touching. Working together. Inventing. Life.
If that is not what you want, give speeches. Orders. Memos.
:- Doug.
Rage?
Rage?
Dying of the light?
Fading? As the planet turns
To face the thousand stars
Blocked by the closer bit of light?
:- Doug.
Party
Party. Old
Friends. Moving away.
Saying good bye. Saying. Talking.
Bob’s heart attack. Reading Old Testament.
Bloody battles. Slaughtering tribes.
Joyce’s broken wrist.
Drive her to church.
Less grey hair all around.
More white.
Bruce has cancer in his good eye.
Losing his sight.
Will he find another?
Tom’s cough might be cystic fibrosis.
Eight years ago he died and
Was revived. Happy now. Satisfied.
Party. Laughter.
Some beer. Less wine. More iced tea.
After. A movie. True to life.
Fifty year old woman.
Alzheimer’s.
Maybe her mumbles
An advanced language?
She has progressed
Beyond us?
Bodies giving way
To something better? More?
How could we know?
Except we go there?
Or open our other eyes?
Party
:- Doug.
One person speaking at a group
One person speaking at a group is not about people but entertainment. It is about one person.
:- Doug.
Not ideas nor money
People are what conversation is about. Not ideas nor plans nor experts nor stars nor money.
:- Doug
Is the wing made of feathers?
Is the wing made up of the feathers
Or does the wing produce the feathers?
Or something else?
:- Doug.
We organize a normative conference
We organize a normal conference: contributing to the mindset of waiting for someone (on stage) to tell us what to do. We could organize a normative conference: unleashing people to do what’s in their hearts and minds.
:- Doug.
Garbage and grass
Do the garbage and the grass in our heap
Tolerate one another?
No! They act upon each other
So both turned, become other:
Nutrient rich soil
Humanity needs less tolerance
More composting one another
:- Doug.
Lovers’ eyes all there is
Freely wondering
About ultimates
Lovers’ eyes
All there is
Wondering about you
:- Doug.
Observe, deeper, risk
Conversation being an effort-filled process, and humans by nature being lazy, it will take special efforts to converse. It is uncomfortable. There will be no one lead-in word or phrase or sentence. Presence in the moment and inventing a way in is the only way. Conversation starts in silence but must employ courage to get up off its cushion. Observe, deeper, risk.
:- Doug.
