Humainologie dialogue with Zoom link for Wednesday July 29
- Arthur Clark
- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min read
Each of our dialogues is like a box of chocolates. What makes the box of chocolates so special is the contribution each of you provides. Greg has provided the Zoom link to the whole box for this coming Wednesday July 29, beginning at 6:30 PM:
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 878 4334 1985
Passcode: 573057
as well as the agenda, appended below.
To make the very best chocolates, it’s important to be mindful of the basics of dialogue, as developed by David Bohm. You will have seen the synopsis of David Bohm’s book On Dialogue previously. His student William Isaacs developed the basic concepts to include four specific guidelines (listening, respecting, suspending, and voicing) in his own book, Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together.
Isaacs emphasizes that dialogue begins somewhat like the art and practice of medicine, as in “Physician, heal thyself.” “How successful am I at listening to and speaking with myself?” he asks as he introduces the four ingredients of great dialogue:
1. Listening. “The heart of dialogue is a simple but profound capacity to listen.”
2. Respecting. “To be able to see a person as a whole being, we must learn another central element in the practice of dialogue: respect”
3. Suspending. “Suspension means that we neither suppress what we think nor advocate it with unilateral conviction. Rather, we display our thinking in a way that lets us and others see and understand it. …This can release a tremendous amount of creative energy.”
4. Voicing. “Finding your voice in dialogue means learning to ask a simple question: What needs to be expressed now?”
Please help yourself to another chocolate:
Photography as abstract art
Arthur
1. Welcome & Quick Review of Our Why, How & What (6:30-6:40)
Why Are We Here: To build connection. To value our diversity. To learn something new.
How Will We Connect: We believe that wisdom emerges from learning new ideas through dialogue. Our dialogue dances will be a balance of focused/structured and emergent/unstructured dialogue. In our dialogue dances we will be: (a) kind to one another; (b) open to new ideas; (c) actively listen; and (d) contribute judiciously in light of the limited time we have to connect being mindful to sharing what we think or feel will be of benefit others in our dance.
What Will We Connect On: Our weekly dance card will consist of a number of dances.
2. Breakout Check-Ins (6:40-6:55) In breakout conversations, share with each other whatever you’d like to share.
3. Open Forum (6:55-7:05) What ideas or themes or intuitions emerged during your breakouts that might be nice for all of us to dance with?
4. Darren’s Corner (7:05-7:15) Art and/or guided meditation.
5. Brian’s Corner (7:15-7:25) Let’s stretch while reflecting on joy, abundance, challenge and empathy.
6. Arthur’s Corner – Creativity and Mental Health – Quotes, Video Links, Book Synopsis & Questions (See Below) (7:25-7:45)
7. Lelia’s Corner (7:45-7:55) Let’s sing while we reflect on joy, abundance, challenge and empathy.
Here is a song that I think that will fit with the stoics mantras for this week.
The Heart of the Matter (Eagles)
8. BIG Insights & Adjourn (7:55-8:15) Did we have any other big ah-ha moments tonight?
“Neuroplasticity does not seem to slow down nearly as much for older adults who have been making demands on their brains to think differently and rewire for many years. If you’re involved in the creative arts – painting, sculpture, architecture, dance, writing, music, and other forms of creativity – you’ve been exercising your brain, pushing your brain in interesting ways all along because every project you undertake requires new adaptations, some way of looking at the world differently, and then acting on it.” – Daniel J. Levitin, from his book Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives.
For my contribution to the dialogue next Wednesday, July 29, I’ll suggest the theme of creativity and mental health, with a focus on drawing and photography. Taking time for creativity is important throughout life, and a great help for older adults. Greg will send out the Zoom link and details of the agenda soon. The art part might be twenty minutes or so of the dialogue. I’ll return to the same general theme in the weeks ahead, so that we can gradually get into this creativity theme and hear from each of you about how art has enriched your life. In this ten-minute video, the author describes the drawing advice that changed his life
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