Human to Human

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Welcome

Human to Human, this blog (three ish times per week), is journalling and learning in public. I write to be attentive, associative, and appreciative. Sometimes that is work stuff. Sometimes it is life stuff. Sometimes it is poetry. Sometimes simple ahas. I write to get clear. I write to invite clarity with and among others. I write to explore questions. Enjoy reading and reaching back as inspired.

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Mix In Some Art

It’s art that isn’t about the art.
It’s thinking in a different way.
It’s feeling.
It’s welcoming something that isn’t just words.

And that makes a difference.
Laughter comes. Joy too.
Connection comes.
Openness comes.

My friend Glen hosted.
“Please make a map of what leadership is to you.”
Becoming multi expressive and multi sensorial.
Nice.

And we continue. Today, Day 3. Presentations of learning. And recommendations for projects that matter. To a team of senior executives.

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Start With A Center

It starts best with a center.
A hearth.
A place to begin telling stories
of what we care about.

Photos, stones.
Putter covers, noodles.
A safety vest, a compass.
A marathon meddle won with a sister, and an orchid.

And, and.

When you start with a center
all of the learning after that is different and more.
More whole.
More opened to what really wants to happen.

So it is this week. Hosting. A closing retreat with a corporate leadership development cohort. On we Circle.

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Associative Freedom

One of the reasons,
I’m so drawn to random resources,
isn’t because of the search for a perfect resource.

Rather,
I like putting myself in relationship
with the resource,
through a “no wrong answers” approach.

In fact,
it’s not about answers at all.
It is
about a widened,
wiser
view.

That poem you share.
It’s not about it being the best poem.
It’s about inviting relating to its content or imagery,
an associative freedom.

That sky in that picture you share is vibrant blue.
What is an example, or a story, of when you have felt vibrant?
Good.
Just wander with it.

And at some point,
quite naturally I bet,
you will start wanting to make the connection
to current and waking life.

What does that vibrancy example and story,
help to make clear
with what we are up to now?

No wrong answers.
Plenty of helpful insights
to steer and guide the next need.

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Small Things, Big Things

One of the moments I most enjoy in Becoming & Belonging is the beginning voice to help reset context for our time together. I say a few words, a few values.

Yesterday was Share One, a program I’ve created to lift voices of other teachers, conveners, and friends. Yesterday it was Saoirse, guiding a poetry process — Pantoum. It was beautiful.

Before Saoirse took over, I offered reminder of small things that are big things. Us gathering for 75 minutes to lift presence together — small thing that is a big thing. Us bringing artistry to our current circumstance — small thing that is a big thing. Us listening to others in story, and, us in our own story — small thing that is a big thing.

So it is, right. Little chunk of time together — small thing. Regular raised consciousness and community connection — big thing.

Becoming and Belonging Sessions are regular. Weekly ish. I and others will welcome you. And welcome your story. Small things that are big things.

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Gifts of Circle - Question Cardsasd
Gifts of Circle is 30 short essays divided into 4 sections: 1) Circle's Bigger Purpose, 2) Circle's Practice, 3) Circle's First Requirements, and 4) Circle's Possibility for Men. From the Introduction: "Circle is what I turn to in the most comprehensive stories I know -- the stories of human beings trying to be kind and aware together, trying to make a difference in varied causes for which we need to go well together. Circle is also what I turn to in the most immediate needs that live right in front of me and in front of most of us -- sharing dreams and difficulties, exploring conflicts and coherences. Circle is what I turn to. Circle is what turns us to each other."

Question Cards is an accompanying tool to Gifts of Circle. Each card (34) offers a quote from the corresponding chapter in the book, followed by sample questions to grow your Circle hosting skills and to create connection, courage, and compassionate action among groups you host in Circle.

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In My Nature is a collection of 10 poems. From A Note of Beginning: "This collection of poems arises from the many conversations I've been having about nature. Nature as guide. Nature as wild. Nature as organized. I remain a human being that so appreciates a curious nature in people. That so appreciates questions that pick fruit from inner being, that gather insights and intuitions to a basket, and then brings the to table to be enjoyed and shared over the next week."

This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes)  quotes a few favorite passages from poems in In My Nature. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.

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Most Mornings is a collection of 37 poems. I loved writing them. From the introduction: "This collection of poems comes from some of my sense-making that so often happens in the morning, nurtured by overnight sleep. The poems sample practices. They sample learnings. They sample insights and discoveries. They sample dilemmas and concerns."

This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes)  quotes a few favorite passages from poems in Most Mornings. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.

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