Category: Musings

Spring

12 August 2009 0

It looks like spring around here. The swallows are back and are renovating last year’s nest. The honeyeaters are collecting dog hair and spider web for their nests. Whales are on the move. And the humans come out of hiding from our short winter and start walking on the beach, along the cliff tops –…

By Viv McWaters

Catching breath

7 August 2009 0

A week in, and time to reflect on the one-post-a-day project. Let me refresh. Inspired by Art and Fear, I’ve given myself the challenge of posting something here on my blog every day in August. Here’s what I’ve learnt so far. On alert I’m noticing more to write about – even in everyday conversations and…

By Viv McWaters

A facilitator’s oeuvre

4 August 2009 0

Indulgence alert! Do you think facilitation has been around long enough for us (read me!) to do a retrospective? I was at the Ian Potter Gallery today in Melbourne, checking out the John Brack Exhibition. John Brack is famous for his paintings of everyday life, and most well known for his depictions of life in…

By Viv McWaters

Time

1 August 2009 0

The question was something like: “What happened before the big bang?” And the answer was something like: “There was no before the big bang – the big bang was the beginning of time and space.” Linear time is so much a part of our lives it’s hard to imagine time not existing. These thoughts swirl…

By Viv McWaters

Forgetting to ‘be average’

13 July 2009 5

So I’m stuck. Not sure what to write, questioning if anyone’s interested, cares or even wants to hear what I have to say. Stuck in an endless feedback loop with myself: one part of me saying “I’m going to finally write that book”. The other side saying “Whatever you write has already been written –…

By Viv McWaters

How to change the world

4 May 2009 0

It seems to me we’re in the midst of something big. I’m not sure what to call it. All I know is that the possibilities seem to be growing daily, maybe tracking the iPhone apps in trajectory. There’s a tendency to want to bunker down. Let it all pass by. Just as unrealistic is the…

By Viv McWaters

What’s happening?

13 April 2009 1

Is it a cliche to say we live in amazing times? Maybe all times are amazing. I’ve been taking some time over the last few days to step back from the business and the busy-ness to see whatever there is to see. Over the last couple of years I’ve been learning to use new tools,…

By Viv McWaters