Comments for Arthur Fink -- Eyes Open

Comment on Opening ourselves (and others) to change by Orlagh

Orlagh — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:50:44 +0000

I found this post very useful, the language resonates with me. Especially the importance of acknowledging the pain involved in change, and strategies for dealing with inevitable fear. It adds new insights and summarises to previous learnings from other sources. I’ve rephrased it into a first person language and already built a series of actions within a structure loosely around this entry. So thanks a lot you two!

Comment on Opening ourselves (and others) to change by Jodi

Jodi — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:47:00 +0000

Arthur, you captured our conversation brilliantly, and we’ve both acknowledged this will be a topic we will explore for some time. Change is the only thing we can be sure of and yet most of us try to avoid it because we perceive it as threatening to what we want to hold on to: comfort, security, relationships, the familiar…etc. By viewing change as a normal part of our existence and that which brings opportunities for greater experiences we can welcome it and even begin to dance with it.

Comment on Some questions for a nonprofit board to consider (even before you hire a consultant) by Alexandra Peters

Alexandra Peters — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:36:15 +0000

This is a wonderful outline! But I always bristle at the term “engage the board” – as if they are outsiders who must be entertained by the insiders. (And in fact, so many board meetings are dog and pony shows where the board sits and passively listens.) But if a board is actively involved, if they take responsibility and are seen and acknowledged as having that responsibility, the organization will be ever stronger. And then this clear outline will be of so much use.

Comment on Art, Courage, and Risk — by Donna McNeil by Catherine Ring

Catherine Ring — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:57:21 +0000

Wonderful.

Comment on An Ugly American Story (sorry) by Leslie Walden

Leslie Walden — Tue, 17 May 2011 01:33:38 +0000

Long ago, in an enclave of Mumbai (then Bombay), I was filming women attending a birth-control lecture. All morning, I had watched a single, very thick, very chipped, drinking glass coming and going as various participants drank water. I hoped for them, that the water was not from their well, which was foul.
When the meeting ended and we were about to go back to our cool, clean hotel, the instructor told the reporter and me that the ladies would like for us to have a refreshing drink before we went.
I thought about that well, that glass, and the many mouths that had shared them, and then I thought about the kindness of the ladies who had allowed us to film them.
Life, I decided, wasn’t meant to go on forever.
Bravely, I said that I would like that.
The reporter I was with gave me a dark look and then said he would also.
In a moment a small child entered the tent with two Cokes, in their bottles, and offered them to us.
The coke was warm. I wasn’t moved to complain.

Comment on On Turning the Computer Off by constance williamson

constance williamson — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:59:03 +0000

Arthur, I love this post. I have to literally be dragged kicking and screaming from my computer in order to go to sleep at night. I take my laptop to bed and have trouble putting it down. There is always one more thing I have to tend to. Your post made me realize there will always be just one more thing. Time to go to bed.

Comment on Workshops in search of a date, time, and place by Arthur Fink

Arthur Fink — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:00:09 +0000

Yes . . . it’s very much in the same spirit. What will be different is that we will comfortably allow time for worship together, and will be able to assume our such a worship experience is very much a “source” for each of us. Also, this workshop continues for a number of days, so should reach a greater intimacy, intensity,and level of persona importance. But each experience is an experiment, so we’ll see.

Comment on Workshops in search of a date, time, and place by Leslie Walden

Leslie Walden — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:17:25 +0000

Will the workshop at Friends General Conference Gathering in 2011 be much like this?

Will it differ in important ways?

Comment on On choosing a consultant by Tweets that mention On choosing a consultant « Arthur Fink — Eyes Open -- Topsy.com

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:25:39 +0000

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Comment on An Ugly American Story (sorry) by fran houston

fran houston — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:54:46 +0000

Thank you for sharing. Beauty and kindness is everywhere. All you have to do is open your eyes.

Comment on Twitter is not Trivial by Arthur Fink

Arthur Fink — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:55:51 +0000

Thanks you, Katherine Ferrier!

I couldn’t resist trying to post this on Twitter, but had to shorten a little:

Seek collaborators who ask deep questions, ground selves in design & composition, enriched with spirit & vision; engage w. insight & clarity

Comment on Twitter is not Trivial by Katherine Ferrier

Katherine Ferrier — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:05:47 +0000

wanted: creative collaborators who ask deep questions, ground/surround themselves in design and composition, enriched with spirit and vision, to bring their full attention to projects of insight and clarity…

Comment on Dealing with fear by picnic tables and benches

picnic tables and benches — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:39:35 +0000

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Comment on States of Creativity by Carmelo Cockerhan

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