Sensemaking
Of Poetry, Kites and Eternity
audio narration by David Marlow
We always stand in the exact middle of two eternities trying to figure it all out.
Helping others see and understand the context of things is one of the most important things we can do in life, especially in times of frequent change.
Sensemaking is what we call it in design and I have adapted that to Ikigai.
I like the way Luke Johnson puts it...
"We need poems (and poets) because they remind us of ourselves, of the things we didn’t know we knew, and of our inability to be anything but obsessed. Whether the world demands kite-flyers or not, they will always be there to contextualize the wind, to give dimension to the clouds, and to risk losing their fragile kites to a careless sky for nothing more than the sheer joy of watching it happen. "
Or
Astronaut Michael Collins, who was on Apollo 11, the first mission to land on the Moon said this, "I think a future flight should include a poet, a priest and a philosopher… we might get a much better idea of what we saw."
Naval Ravikant says, in the end, we are all philosophers and maybe that’s where I’m drifting this morning.
A little deep for a Monday, I typically reserve that for Friday.
Who will be the kite flyers, poets, philosophers, and priests?
Is it you?
🌀Reflection:
If you’ve read this far you are probably one of the people, and they are only a few, who know there is a lesson here more than just what is written on the page.
I can’t wait to hear from you about what you noticed.
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Great take on this David and lesson may be we all are needed to "do our job" in life like Mike Collins on his flight they needed trained people to get to and back from a mission. Yet he is wise enough to appreciate that while "doing what is necessary" we miss the important observations that others not tasked with "the duties" are more open to the essence, harmony and other purposes of the experiences. SO > what tidbit may be ....sure do the job but in the meantime keep your "inner eyes" open to what is being experienced as we grow and develop. Wisdom allows us to "seek the truth" not our truth or someone else's perception of the truth but The TRUTH one experience lived at a time!
"contextualize dimensions"
Sounds like my job description.
Your resident kite flyer...
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