Reflections 6th March

On My Mind

The Necessity of "Not Doing"

We live in an age of urgency, boundaried by notions of efficiency, short term performance, and tangibility.

We even have programmes and apps on our watches to schedule breaks and remind us to "breathe". We get in our ten minutes of mindfulness before we leap into the days hectic schedule, focused on deliverables.

I was reminded of it during the week in a Zoom call with people I have come to know well as we explore the idea of New Artisans - what they are, who they are, and why they might be important. In this first phase, we're working on the right questions to ask, and then in the second phase, we'll start to find answers. The challenge is creating the space for the questions to emerge of their own accord, rather than forcing them to the surface.

"Always the beautiful answer. Who asks the more beautiful question?

E.E.Cummings

It's a strangely uncomfortable space, rather like the impatience of waiting in a queue, with a sense of guilt we're not doing s…