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Rather than state my premise and then list the evidence, sneak up to it—surprise my reader as I was surprised.

:- Doug.

Lesson: Leave room for the unseen. Unseen origins, unrecalled stories, unnoticed thoughts. The collisions and tangling of these. These move us more than we consciously know. Leave room in the circle.

:- Doug.

A goal, a change, is a crap-trap.

:- Doug.

Does conversation have stages?

:- Doug.

What is the preparation for conversation?

:- Doug.

I find evocative the betweens of the betweens and the befores of the betweens. How do I show others?

:- Doug.

Our history is a language; our family history is a language; our cultural history is a language.

:- Doug.

I am not working with the problems, but with the problem-makers.

:- Doug.

Conversation turns. Conversation needs turning. Conversation subverts.

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 2101

Host a poetry party—finish each other’s verse—with something that makes it more wonderful.

Please pass it on.

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My working question is: What can theater, architecture, sign language, dreams, sharing food, and all the other languages teach us about doing conversation well?

:- Doug.