Wonderful and illuminating conversation! The thinking behind Connective Tissue and behind Pete's work are pointing to not only a revival of communitarianism but a recovery of the idea of tikkun olam, repair of the world, applied in a new, wider sense. We are leaving behind the old models of technocracy and neoliberal capitalism with all their failed metrics and illusory rationalism--which makes some feel disoriented. It feels as though a non-specific spirituality--which is necessary to sustain us--could be emerging, what Pete is invoking when he mentions "the prophetic" . Repair or die!
Wonderful conversation. I especially like what I see as a dialectic in the “prophetic“ dance between the impossible and the practical. What a teacher of mine would refer to I think as prophetic pragmatism. I would center the jazz improvisation, Pete speaks of, however, in the blues as the embodiment in song of both joy and pain — and a path to shared community.
Wonderful and illuminating conversation! The thinking behind Connective Tissue and behind Pete's work are pointing to not only a revival of communitarianism but a recovery of the idea of tikkun olam, repair of the world, applied in a new, wider sense. We are leaving behind the old models of technocracy and neoliberal capitalism with all their failed metrics and illusory rationalism--which makes some feel disoriented. It feels as though a non-specific spirituality--which is necessary to sustain us--could be emerging, what Pete is invoking when he mentions "the prophetic" . Repair or die!
Wonderful conversation. I especially like what I see as a dialectic in the “prophetic“ dance between the impossible and the practical. What a teacher of mine would refer to I think as prophetic pragmatism. I would center the jazz improvisation, Pete speaks of, however, in the blues as the embodiment in song of both joy and pain — and a path to shared community.
I enjoyed this piece and speaks to a lot of the work we are doing in Australia. this piece from 2016 may also be of interest - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/23/unions-clubs-churches-joining-something-might-be-the-best-act-of-resistance