Comments on: The price of pomposity http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2160 Alive in the process arts Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:20:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jon Husband http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2160&cpage=1#comment-552869 Jon Husband Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:33:29 +0000 http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2160#comment-552869 Brilliant post exploring the core issues, Chris. It provided a delightful inspiring uplift to my afternoon, and reminded me to work at staying consciously in possibility each and every day. Brilliant post exploring the core issues, Chris.

It provided a delightful inspiring uplift to my afternoon, and reminded me to work at staying consciously in possibility each and every day.

]]> By: Chris Corrigan http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2160&cpage=1#comment-552729 Chris Corrigan Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:12:07 +0000 http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2160#comment-552729 I work with cynics all the time, and skeptics and naysayers...that is what working in community is all about. In fact the reason to work with people who see possibility is so that you can build containers that invite people to show up in a myriad of ways. I look for that antidote early on, especially from the group I am working with so that they can hold the questions that cynics bring as inspiring challenges and not pompous undermining tactics. I think optimism is the core capacity for creating and sustaining a field of possibility, that combined with a commitment to curiosity and shared learning. Probably more capacities, but those strike me as important. I work with cynics all the time, and skeptics and naysayers…that is what working in community is all about. In fact the reason to work with people who see possibility is so that you can build containers that invite people to show up in a myriad of ways. I look for that antidote early on, especially from the group I am working with so that they can hold the questions that cynics bring as inspiring challenges and not pompous undermining tactics.

I think optimism is the core capacity for creating and sustaining a field of possibility, that combined with a commitment to curiosity and shared learning. Probably more capacities, but those strike me as important.

]]> By: Paul http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2160&cpage=1#comment-552728 Paul Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:19:39 +0000 http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2160#comment-552728 Hello Chris, Belated and BEST Birthday wishes. Maybe a reading over Skype? And I hope to see and work with you again someday. Maybe there is a possibility of working with the cynic?? "Scratch a cynic and underneath, as often as not, you will find a dead idealist." Joseph Epstein Of course possibility thinking is not available to the cynic. The cynic lets disappointment and bitterness overcome hope. An antidote to cynicism is commitment and creativity. When we look at all that we are committed to [Appreciative Inquiry]- people, places, activities and things - we begin to soften the poison of cynicism that can create an opening to a belief that possibilities are necessary to address the conditions we complain about but allow to persist through inaction. Possibility is birthed from the heart. It is the heart that is the source and of what emerges in the mind and together they identify what has most meaning for us. The Cynic is certainly one obstruction. What do you think are the personal qualities for people to flourish in creating and sustaining a field of possibility?… Hello Chris,
Belated and BEST Birthday wishes. Maybe a reading over Skype? And I hope to see and work with you again someday.
Maybe there is a possibility of working with the cynic??
“Scratch a cynic and underneath, as often as not, you will find a dead idealist.” Joseph Epstein
Of course possibility thinking is not available to the cynic. The cynic lets disappointment and bitterness overcome hope. An antidote to cynicism is commitment and creativity. When we look at all that we are committed to [Appreciative Inquiry]- people, places, activities and things – we begin to soften the poison of cynicism that can create an opening to a belief that possibilities are necessary to address the conditions we complain about but allow to persist through inaction. Possibility is birthed from the heart. It is the heart that is the source and of what emerges in the mind and together they identify what has most meaning for us.
The Cynic is certainly one obstruction. What do you think are the personal qualities for people to flourish in creating and sustaining a field of possibility?…

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