Yes... exactly... and exactly what was missing (no criticism intended) from the conference - the willingness to hold, truly hold, the cognitive dissonance that was physically felt, in the room - as… - Neil Davidson - Systems Lens & Poet, And Now What - Medium

…l, and make space within for how this in-forms and emerges as my, and our, next steps and insights. A practice of deep listening to the flows of life and sensing of more subtle shifts, which is often missing in scenario planning of collapse. Slightly different focus, and intentionally so. That is what the Third Way is all about for me - holding space together for the intersections between life and death - and that space between life and death. Of course the "collective acknowledgement of collapse" serves a role in that too, as you suggested …
Thanks Neil for your feedback.
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Yes... exactly... and exactly what was missing (no criticism intended) from the conference - the willingness to hold, truly hold, the cognitive dissonance that was physically felt, in the room - as, for example, the young woman talking about ecocide, genocide and grief for assassinated activists in the Amazon, stood alongside the corporate sponsors speaking about 'slow and steady, not too fast, we must move slowly'.... THAT was a transformational moment, sadly, missed. _/|\_
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Poet, photographer, deeply aware of impending societal collapse. See our And Now What initiative https://andnowwhat.be/ for more information.
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