Writings
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Our fixed and habitual attitudes shape our lives, how we live them, and how we engage with others. Within these directing-attitudes is usually one primary operating strategy, to which we are blind. In the Guitar Circle this is referred to as Blind Spot, also sometimes as Chief Feature. This blind directing-strategy is present in all…
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I When people come together, disagreement is inevitable, and may even be necessary. Politics is the management of disagreement. In conventional political discourse, disagreement is addressed from the outside. In the external political model, to achieve “better” outcomes, one view (held by often good people with laudable aims) is imposed upon others by […]
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Functional strategies for resolving conflict are useful, even necessary. They are, however, not quite solutions. What gives rise to conflict? Primarily, the attitude we hold in front of others. So, how to resolve conflict? Drop the attitude/s! Attitudes like: I have the right; I am entitled; I know what’s best; I should be the leader…
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Two different views on King Crimson… One view is that the right people were at the right place at the right time. To simplify, this suggests that the musicians make the music. Another view is that there is something ‘other’ which is King Crimson, and which brings Crimson to life. To simplify, this suggests that…
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If an organisation malfunctions, i.e. fails to address the reasonable needs of all those within it, one approach is to reform it. This assumes that those within it, whose needs are being met, wish to do so and co-operate in the process. But, first of all, they have to feel the need for this. If…
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When listening shifts to hearing, our attention moves from what we are listening to, to the act of hearing. Our attention is no longer directed towards the music, as an external sensory ‘object’, but towards the act of hearing. When listening, all we have is the music we are listening to. In hearing, the whole…
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We believe we listen to music. How often do we realise that music is listening to us? Music so wishes to be heard that it persists and endures impossible conditions in order to enter our world. But Music, in its nature, is not permitted to shout: music is not allowed to drown out our babbling…
