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Hi everyone, I think that it's no easy thing to do what Laura is talking about, but I do have an example to share. I've attached a piece by Nancy Adler (whom I have convinced to let me share this with the list) which I think walks this path in a beautiful way. (My apologies to Ken and others who get the digest form where attachments get all messed up.) When I think about how Nancy manages to do this, my theory is that she has learned to let her artistic sensibilities guide her as she lets what she has in her to share pour forth. I also see that there is a mastery of technique in this article, that I also see when she presents, and in her paintings, that is clear when I look for it, but doesn't get in the way. I think many academic pieces are about showing some mastery of the technique without any sense of the artistic sensibilities. And for me, technique should always be subordinate to artistic sensibilities, except perhaps when you are first doing exercises to learn technique. For this to work you have to master the technique and internalize it so that you can get past it. It feels to me like she has done this with this article and it offers us some sense of what the academy might look like if it were (much) more aestheticized (to respond to Daved's query) - Steve Steven S. Taylor, PhD Assistant Professor Worcester Polytechnic Institute Department of Management 100 Institute Rd Worcester, MA 01609 USA +1 508-831-5557 [log in to unmask] On 4/12/07 9:02 PM, "Laura Brearley" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Everyone > The conversation has arrived at a place where I find myself too. > > How to live with hope and awareness against the backdrop of despair in our > organisations and in the world > > How to enliven the shape and substance of our conversations in journals, > conferences and board rooms > > How to stay engaged while not propping up what is sick or evil > > When I connect with you lot and with people like you at home, it seems more > bearable to stay awake and engaged. It helps me to broaden the frame and to > remember too. > > I¹ve been thinking a lot about a quiet line that Al Gore says in ŒAn > Inconvenient Truth¹. When asked how he coped after having the presidency > snatched away from him, he says, ŒIt was hard but you make the best of it.¹ > It¹s such a funny old cliché but it seems profound to me these days. > > If we are to Œredream the world¹ (Ben Okri) and Œdeserve our dream¹ (Octavio > Paz), it seems to me we need to do as Al Gore has done and Œmake the best of > it¹. Ben Okri reckons that it is more difficult to love than to die. He says > we need to go on living and loving as best we can. > > I have a journal where I write down ideas that feed me. My most recent entry > is from Bruce Springsteen. It seems to relate to the current AACORN > conversation and to my own struggles with despair and hope and my search for a > voice that feels alive and essential. > > Bruce Springsteen says on his 2003 DVD with the E Street Band: > > ŒYou¹re always in search of your audience. You¹re always looking for them. > Part of you is expressing something that you need to express but you¹re also > searching for something that they need.¹ > > I send you my love and my wishes that you are finding ways in your own worlds > to express what you need and an audience who is ready for you. > > Thank you for the conversation and for being there. > Laura Brearley > > > Dr Laura Brearley > Senior Lecturer > School of Education > RMIT University > Bundoora West Campus > Tel: 613 9925 7923 > Fax: 613 9925 7586 > Email: [log in to unmask] > Location: 220 : 2 : 18 > Postal address: PO Box 71, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia 3083