7/20/2018 1 Comment July 20th, 2018Human creativity is born out of our diverse interactions; We are in a constant state of give and take.
We are subject to our environment and it to us. My motivation to create is driven by an internal pressure. It's an outlet of my imagination. I share my imagination in hopes that it procreates with yours. I will share my perspective because it is valuable and needed. My good sense deserves to be trusted, challenged, shaped, and shared with others. Your perspective deserves to be considered as well. That is how we shape understanding. At Urban Systems we believe in "spirit in service for vibrant communities" as our higher calling. Therefore, I think it is important to develop perspective on what that means. For me, vibrant communities is a qualitative sense of goodness that will differ place to place. Vibrancy is a continuum of good to bad, stale to lively, etc. Vibrancy is expressed through the identity of the community. Identity being a holistic concept that can be broken down in various ways (e.g. personality, interests, values, skillset, beliefs, motives, history, relationships, etc). Some carry great depths of character and others come with potential or struggles. A community is something larger than any one of us and by definition requires a prismatic lens, or shared understanding, of who we are. There are many traps to a vibrant community. One issue may be adopting the regional image and narrative without consideration of a place's authentic identity. Quoting Margaret J. Wheatley: "The presence of a clear identity makes the organization less vulnerable to its environment; it develops greater freedom to decide how it will respond." Finding an authentic identity cannot be achieved through external influence alone, as that can lead to what Charles Taylor and Nancy Fraser call the politics of misrecognition, which I've explored in essays. The process of identity is negotiated between the self-identified entity and the external reality. An authentic identity can be recognized as a resonant truth of being to which the self-recognized thing navigates through the world as; arguably making the process spiritual because it requires collective introspection of who we are, what we need, how we can achieve our aims, and why we exist.
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1/25/2020 04:05:36 am
Being a member of the media is scary. I mean, have been in this field for a great number of years, and it was hard. I never enjoyed it, but I had to do it. Of course, I am just telling you this, because I completely trust every single one of you. I am enjoying the time that I have spent on vacation. I mean, it is just so frustrating to be part of the media field, believe me on that.
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