Thanks to Lyra Halprin at the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at the University of Davis, I was able to see this amazing young artist at work. link.
This young man has an extraordinary ability to see. While we all don’t have his gift, we all can see. We can all notice. What are you noticing? What are you choosing to pay attention to?
If you are a facilitator, what are you trying to help people notice or attend to? What brings attention? Focus?
It took me a while to fully appreciate the work of Dave Snowden and his Cynefin framework, but now I find myself whipping out pencil and paper all the time to show it to others and use it in a variety of ways. So I was happy to see my pal Shawn Callahan’s nice little video giving a very clear explanation of the framework. Anecdote: A simple explanation of the Cynefin Framework
Thanks, Shawn!
Via my walking buddy come’s this week’s Monday Video (Thanks, C!). Brilliant guitar, hypnotic visuals and a stirring message.
This video led me to explore more about Steve Ball and Airport Update. I am listening to a piece Ball composed for his daughter Sofie as I write this and I am transported.
I have been thinking and working a lot with multimodality in my work both online and offline. A couple of weeks ago I did a short Kinesthetic Modeling exercise with some agriculture scientists. I have played with using music as a shared experience in a chat room and of course all my dabbling into visual facilitation. Each experiment brings me, personally, into a fuller experience with more of my attention and presence intact. Steve’s music has that focusing effect on me. I’m loving it. Thanks, Steve! I hope Sofie’s suite is in the Sketch Box set… I’m buying it!
More Info: “The Airport Exercise: featuring the work of Steve Ball, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, J. G. Bennett, and David LaVallee. From ‘Steve Ball Sketch Box, CD2: Guitar Sketches” – coming Summer 2009.”
Crowdsourcing? Collaboration? See what you think as you watch Share
Thanks to Ashley comes our Monday Video. A nice way to start the week. E-N-E-R-G-Y!!!