In our society, we’re pressured to be productive, to produce something to show for our work (even in play). All the “be effective” advice is about setting goals. But no one talks much about what to do when we achieve our goals. Everyone seems intent on immediately moving on to the next thing. At the beginning of 2020, I realized I needed to reframe the argument between those who advise
Under a Dark Cloud
Do I now have any “imagined appropriate roles”? I think it is rather the opposite. That I’m adrift on a very empty sea. All my life there has been a tension between my need to feel anchored and my reality of being set adrift. I’m now so much more ethereal than grounded that I’m not sure I would know how to be otherwise. I suppose this is the difference between
Wandering Without a Map
As usual +nomad dimitri gets me wondering, mulling over one of those delightful contradictions in personality. How is it that I’m such a proponent of serendipity, of being open to things we are not in search of, and yet so unable to do as he does and wander without a map? So many conflicting stories. Which should I tell? Perhaps it all comes down to my answer when asked why
Flaneur
Trying to capture something makes me focus outward, pay attention. It is also the beginning of my synthesizing the experience. Of becoming actively involved in it and not just a passive observer.
Search Versus Serendipity
Serendipity happens more to those who seek, to those whose minds are prepared both to look and see.