Experience, Strength and Hope - 2023 07 07
My dog, Adele. How does sharing our experience, strength and hope increase our imaginative capacity and our technological capability? Adele is lying on the bed looking back at me. Behind Adele, the closet door is open. Adele on the bed is drawn in black pen. The closet door is drawn in blue pen. We share our experience, strength and hope so others can benefit from our story. They identify with some or many aspects of our story (belief, value system, history, culture, shared interest, etc.) and make sense of it in relation to their own. This sense-making involves a cognitive mapping process - there are elements of our story that map seamlessly on their internal schematic, other elements may not be an easy fit. I never know what drawing I am going to make or how much I will be able to get done on it. My time is continuously fragmented and interrupted with caregiving Mom. Similarly, as we tell our story and articulate our experience, strength and hope, we are not only tel...