The Vermont Dialogue blog is all about creating a safe space for exploring how we may use dialogue as a way of finding our individual voices to tell our stories to one another- to say what we feel, think, believe, hope and envision for ourselves and in relationship with others. In short, it is great human conversation. This type of dialogue is what I like to call narrative dialogue which is a special sharing of meanings(stories) that blend together to create a better and a more meaningful world for all.
Future postings will include short essays, poetry, on-going conversations(dialogue) and so forth. I'm looking forward to lively exchanges and unique voices. It all starts with the question that resounds deep within the heart and longs to be asked. It requires a listening heart to hear and respond.
And so we begin...the journey.
2 comments:
Congratulations Nick - I look forward to witnessing and partaking in the unfoldment of your work in dialogue. How do you feel about electronic media as a dialogue tool as oppposed to good old fahioned face to face communication? Do you feel there are more upsides than downsides or do you feel they cancel one another out?
Thanks Chris,
Personally I feel that nothing beats face to face dialogue; that's how it all got started. Human being engaging human being in real time and in the flesh. The electronic media uuses written text as the medium of conversation which leaves a great deal out. For example emotional inflection which is very important to undersatnding the other person and the content of the topic under discussion. But, e-text, especially the free blog format hepls to give all of us a powerful way to gain a validated, unique voice which can help to empower us in genuine ways. It gives one more tool to develop the human spirit as inlfected in each of us in our own special ways.
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