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We need a new worldview more consistent with life
Christopher Alexander presented propositions about living structure throughout his four books on The Nature of Order.1 They are, most importantly, results of observation. Many are based on felt sense.2 Unless our worldview is changed to one which is more consistent with the felt reality of life, the idea of life, aliveness, or livingness, will not…
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David Bohm and F. David Peat on Deeper Order
David Bohm and F. David Peat explored the meaning of order in Science, Order, and Creativity. They investigated order in science, creativity, and life in general. Our values, and the ways in which we perceive the world, communicate, and act are held in particular kinds of order. To live within the context of a given…
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My 10 Year Summary: What I Have Learned
Contents 1. Introduction2. Background3. My Journey 3.1. The initial years (2012–2015) 3.2. The middle years (2016–2018) 3.3. The final years (2019–2022)4. Conclusions5. Afterword6. Acknowledgments7. Recommended Books 1. Introduction I started blogging ten years ago today (Sept 26, 2012). At the same time, I started searching for life-giving ways of working. This is a summary of my journey and…
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Retrospective 2020-33–34
This is a summary of my reading and painting the last two weeks (August 10–23, 2020). Painting I am currently participating in the #drawingaugust challenge on Twitter and have been working on a series of portraits. I have also made some paintings based on photos by Skye Hirst. My other paintings are here. Reading The…
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Retrospective 2020-02
This is a summary of last week’s reading. I’ve mentioned previously that I feel a need to wrap-up my series of posts on deeper generative organizing. One way of saying it is that: “There is no formula, except this is a formula.”1 As soon as we rely on formulas, procedures, and defined processes, we become…
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Poem: Here I am
HERE I AM What I am is so fleeting and intangible. What I was is fixed and final. What I will be in the future I don’t know. I am more closely identified with the past than with what actually is. I am so much more than what I can represent to myself in words,…
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Poem: Surrender
SURRENDER Early morning. Awake, alone, lost. My life! My dreams? I pretend I’m OK, but I’m not. I’m bone achingly tired from the relentless game. I long for a place in the world where I belong without struggle. A place in the world of belonging without condition. A place beyond right and wrong, beyond all…
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Retrospective 2019-18
Introduction The purpose of this post is to summarize the week. First, a short background. I have done weekly retrospectives since 2016. However, this is the first retrospective this year which I write in English. So much of what I read is in English, and it feels akward having to translate it into Swedish while…
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Retrospektiv 2019-05
Detta är en återblick på veckan. Under veckan har jag läst tre böcker. Joy Den ena boken är Joy: The Surrender of the Body and to Life av Alexander Lowen. Boken publicerades första gången 1994. Alexander Lowen hade 48 års erfarenhet av kroppsterapi när han skrev boken. Delar av boken är mycket insiktsfulla, medan jag…
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Organizing retrospective 126
This is a post in my series on organizing ”between and beyond.” Other posts are here. This is a retrospective of what has happened during the week. The purpose is to reflect on the work itself. Here is my previous retrospective. What has happened? What needs to be done?This is a retrospective, not only of…