our confusion over bathing
What if our confusion over bathing were simply the fogginess and dislike we experience on being rudely awakened from a beautiful dream?
:- Doug.
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Babies are at fault
Babies are at fault for society. Were it not for our prematurely born young, we’d not have a gathering of people.
:- Doug.
Inextricable
We are embedded in one another, entwined beyond mere interdependence, inextricable.
:- Doug.
Loving Donnie
Donnie cannot keep a thought. His mind jumps. Thoughts fly through. Zigging and zagging. Interruptions control him. How does he deal? Shouting. Outrageous actions. Anger at whomever is in his sights. Despite his disorder we ought to love him.
:- Doug.
“Talkings-at”
Most of our “conferences” are not. They are presentations of papers. They are “talkings-at.” There is precious little exchange of ideas no one had coming in. What if we designed such a coming together?
:- Doug.
larger than ever we were
We begin as two cells—egg and sperm—and consciousness expands to our brand new toes and stomach and heart. Then one day we discover ourselves reversing course. Consciousness shrinks as legs and organs slow. Our spirits come back to the few cells still working—in our heads? Somehow we then grow larger than ever we were.
:- Doug.
One thing life asks of us
One thing life asks of us is belonging—to get out there and engage others and the larger.
:- Doug.
stuck in anthropomorphizing
Let’s not get stuck in anthropomorphizing—that might get in the way of attending a fuller belonging.
:- Doug.
Use of our minds?
Is short term memory and word retrieval the highest and best use of our minds? Are there places to go beyond words and what we had for breakfast—or even our confusion over bathing?
:- Doug.
