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Monthly Archives "February 2011"

The week’s tweets

February 27, 2011 By Chris Corrigan Notes

  • Awoke to the glorious sound of eagles calling on the wing. #
  • Excited to be meeting with mates and picking my #WhitecapsFC seats for this season! #werebluewerewhite #scarvesup #
  • Curious about some good books to read? http://t.co/imafqse #
  • Chickadee duets in a sunrise the colour and texture of sweetness. #
  • Just had a divine wild smoked salmon sandwich at @thekaboombox on Granville St. Omg ever good fis! #
  • Decision making wrt the national park http://bowenislandjournal.blogspot.com/2011/02/thoughts-on-good-decision-making.HTML #bowegov #npcac #
  • It's just a fact of life these days: I am awakened every dawn by garrulous young bald eagles chattering over the bay. #
  • Bowen Queen arriving http://post.ly/1fL21 #
  • Sailing through the Squamish http://post.ly/1fam6 #
  • Me, I'm loving the #WhitecapsFC digital advent calendar. One video a day leading up to the opener wherein we hand #TFC a walloping. #
  • Address by V. Havel http://instapaper.com/zkj4kb72J brilliant reflection on watering the seeds of hope and productive waiting. #
  • Here comes the snow. Frozen ground, small flakes, winter. #
  • Awesome! My daughter scored a #WhitecapsFC cupcake from Fratelli's. #

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Clarity Through Community

February 23, 2011 By Chris Corrigan Art of Hosting, Community, Conversation, Facilitation One Comment

A lovely description of what happens when the magic of conversation flows.

This past weekend I had the opportunity to be part of a Quaker-style “clearness committee” with a few twists thrown in.   I have done a few similar sessions in the past, though it has been a while, and once again it proved to be a remarkable experience.   The impetus for the session was a friend who, acknowledging that she is at a crossroads in her life and career, reached out for help with discernment.   My wife, Emily, and I suggested convening a small group of people who know her well to lovingly listen to the core question with which she is wrestling.   Over the course of the two and a half hours we were together, there was an amazing peeling away of layers that occurred as we asked questions and watched for what either brought our friend to life or weighed her down.   By the end of the evening, she was excitedly looking at very real and enlivening opportunities in what she had previously perceived as being frivolous or “once I win the lottery” kinds of scenarios.

via Clarity Through Community « Interaction Institute for Social Change Blog.

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Ghost Woman Blues

February 20, 2011 By Chris Corrigan Music

From “Smart Flesh” the new album from Rhoda Island band The Low Anthem comes a beautiful collection of tunes, led by Ghost Woman Blues.

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Incredible mastery

February 20, 2011 By Chris Corrigan Facilitation, Invitation, Leadership, Music, Practice One Comment

In this video piano soloist  Maria Joao Pires is confronted with a nasty situation.  As the conductor begins the piece of music they are to play, she discovers that it is not the piece she prepared.  She has left her music at home Imagine that.

Undaunted, she engages in a short conversation with the conductor who encourages her to play it any way – she played it last season, she knows the piece well.

Pires digs ddep – you can see it in her face – and conjures up Mozart’s D minor concerto form the depths of her mastery.

There have been times when I am working with a group, when a similar feeling has overcome me.  For whatever reason – the invitation was wrong, the situaion had changed, people were expecting something different – everything I had prepared was wrong for the moment.  In such moments the only thing that saves you is an ability to improvise, to draw on your experience and to attend to the present needs of the group.  This is what I strive to be able to do.  This is why practice is so important.

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The week’s tweets

February 20, 2011 By Chris Corrigan Notes

  • Pacific Gray Whale, Highly Endangered, Making Good Time On Trek From Russia To Alaska http://huff.to/gcT0Eh #
  • Rain. Heavy spring soaker flooding the forest with flow. #
  • Come

    On

    You

    Spurs!
    #coys #

  • Calm after the storm. The sun shines a silvery light over a sea that is relaxed and flat. #
  • Well done Tottenham! Great first half against AC Milan in Italy. Keep it up! And great singing from you lot at the San Siro! #coys #
  • Well that was a tidy piece if business dispatched. Well done you Spurs! #coys #
  • It's so windy the ravens are tipping when they soar. #
  • Happy birthday to Artisan Eats http://post.ly/1d8LF #
  • The ornery swan is no more http://post.ly/1dOwY #
  • From rules and tools to principles and practices: http://t.co/ibGu264 #
  • Beautiful sunrise in Victoria. The cold rain and snow of Howe Sound is a distant reality here on the inner harbour, only 100km from home. #
  • Crystal clear morning with a massive 61 km/h Squamish blowing. One last blast of winter. #

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