“I will show you fear in a handful of dust.” T.S. Eliot “Always use the proper names for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.” J.K. Rowling “Fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.” William Golding “Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to […]
Entries from July 13th, 2009
Unknowns are uncomforts
July 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on Unknowns are uncomforts · Older Essays
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Alternate realities…
July 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on Alternate realities… · Older Essays
“The politics of resentment are impervious to facts.” Frank Rich “Our life is not so much threatened as our perception. Ghostlike we glide through nature, and should not know our place again.” Ralph Waldo Emerson “Your opinion is your opinion, your perception is your perception–do not confuse them with “facts” or “truth”. Wars have been […]
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Stubborn idea
July 10th, 2009 · Comments Off on Stubborn idea · Older Essays
When the wind quits, you row. A lot of folks will wall you or themselves with sandbags of “can’t”. In the moment of tension and difficulty rather than being solution oriented, they throw hands up and suggestions out because…. there are unknowns. Let’s not ask and let’s not tell. But what happens really when a […]
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Public and private perceptions…
July 9th, 2009 · Comments Off on Public and private perceptions… · He said, She said, Older Essays
“We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don’t it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.” Jessamyn West Tatamae and honne are Japanese terms. The first refers to your outer or public face. The one where you smile and respectfully show appropriate amounts of deference respect or asserted […]
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