Taking a break
It’s time for a short holiday. We’re heading to China. I will be stepping away from the laptop for 12 days and reverting to reading printed material and writing with ancient pen instruments onto blank paper. The one digital item in the bag will be a camera. The pen, paper and pics may become the source of future posts here. First stop – Shanghai.
Welcoming doubt
Patti Digh asked this question on Twitter. “What do you do when you are unsure?” and followed the question with “Doubt can be as powerful and sustaining as certainty….” (from the recent film Doubt)
Last night I was reading actress Sheila Hancock’s Just Me, the second of two books she has penned since the death of her husband John Thaw. It’s about her experience of creating new ways of being after losing someone you love. Quotations begin each chapter. This one particularly resonated given the thoughts provoked by Patti’s question.
Neither look forward where there is doubt, nor backward where there is regret. Look inward and ask yourself not if there is anything out in the world that you want and had better grab quickly before nightfall, but whether there is anything inside you that you have not yet unpacked.
From the play Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp Explains it All by Tim Fountain.
Lynn Walsh – workshop and meeting facilitator – Sydney
Framework for a report writing workshop
I’ve been developing the framework for a large report writing workshop. The group I’ll be facilitating has been working together over many months within their terms of reference. They have commissioned detailed research, visited locations and consulted with many. A report of their findings is required. Rather than leave the writing to a few, the group has elected to work together over 2 days to consolidate the content of their report.
This graphic represents an approach to Day 1. The group will determine their own flow once they get started. They are focused on what’s required and they have many skills and resources in the room to help them succeed. I’m really looking forward to seeing what emerges.
Lynn Walsh – workshop and meeting facilitator – Sydney
