Why is it a bad idea?

One of my favorite parts of the research and learning process is the part between when I have formulated the problem/question but not started looking yet. I take some time to wonder: what are the possibilities? Could there be zombies? Spontaneous combustion? Infinite ooze? Will anyone be eaten? Will it be me?

I must admit, that usually I find nothing nearly so bizarre. Occasionally, though, I find something very random - like buttne.

Anywho. Tomorrow I will start to research why it is a bad idea to glue fabric to a floor. If I cannot find a compelling source that tells me otherwise, I will start experimenting.

Story Spine - with Oracle Cards (the map/journey set)

Story Spines - a tool developed by Kenn Adams in the 1990s (I believe) for improv. I am exploring their utility in:

• dislodging creative stuckness
• exploring the stories we tell ourselves
• transforming our stories
• fun exercises that cause surprised delight

February 2020

(rules for this one: start writing - when I get stuck, pick a CARD)

Once there was a woman who always knew the right things to do.

And every day, she did  the right things: over and over and more and more.

Until one day, she realized she didn't care about right or things to do and absolutely detested over and over and more and more - in fact she despised everything about all of her days. But she didn't know anything else. She was lost.

And because of that, she made a COMMITMENT, any commitment, and transformed herself from lost to trapped.

And because of that, she started destroying herself (since destroying others was definitely not the right thing to do) turning herself into motion without feeling - a MAGIC STREAM. (note 1)

And because of that, she flowed free of her trap, and in the way of water, flowed to the lowest place - settled, serene, and STRONG.

Until finally, she could LISTEN to the music of the world - tracking resonance and dissonance.

And so, she could start to find another way to HEAL THE OUCH.

Note 1: could be fun to pick up from here and see what happens if this turns into a pee story

Beginning...again

Here I am again, using writing to transform the haziest of fantasies into reality. I expect that this is where I will explore and coalesce my ideas about ... everything.

To start, I am exploring a model that weaves together

• context, 
• leadership, 
• curiosity, 
• the nature of reality, 
• the nature of power and relationships to power, 
• stories, 
• curiosity, 
• the nature of being human, 
• sustainability, 
• education, 
• curiosity, 
• learning, 
• research, 
• scholarship, 
• curiosity, 
• imagination, 
• ideas, 
• dreams, 
• and curiosity 

into a composition that resonates for me. Then I will transform it into a tool-belt to do the same for others.

So, a lot of curiosity. It is fundamental to my nature. It is the melody that everything else must resonate with to achieve harmony. I realize that curiosity is not this for everyone or even most people. But everyone has a melody, and I believe (with no evidence - that's why it is a belief) that harmonies can be found for all of them. The resulting composition may not be to everyone's taste. It may please only one person, only two, a small community, a state, a country (at least a majority of the voting population.)

If you don't like the answer you've got, find another one - even if you have to build it from scratch.