Why do we value wise democracy’s “prime directive”?
The Wise Democracy Project has a guiding principle – its prime directive to evoke and engage the wisdom and resourcefulness of the …
Intrinsic Participation and the Great Co-Creative Dance
In this essay I expand on the idea of “intrinsic participation”, a concept I introduced in “Creative Participation of the Whole – …
Offerings for a New Paradigm Politics
We are near the end of our summer fundraiser. Folks have donated $3274 toward our $15,000 target. Please join them in supporting …
Shrinking our Big Selves: Part 3 of “A big-picture, co-intelligent vision of diversity and privilege”
We are each a complex, networked, ecosystem of a self, not just a role or a race or a name. Beneath our …
Intercentricity – the web of reciprocal aliveness (Part 1)
Back in August 1991 – at the dawn of my co-intelligence work – I wrote an essay exploring the implications of seeing …
The Challenge of Listening and Healing (on US Inauguration Day 2021)
In Wednesday’s inauguration, President Biden called on Americans to come together in unity and healing. So did former US Youth Poet Laureate …
News on my 2020 work and a request for support
I share below some of what I’ve been up to, especially new inquiries arising around my wise democracy vision, including the nature …
Waking Up into Wholeness, Dialogue and Mystery (Sense-making – Part 1)
A compelling, well-reasoned essay challenges us with the idea that we actually don’t know what’s going on – ever. A colleague responds …
Crisis invites us, then pushes us
Here’s a short evolutionary systemic look at where we find ourselves and why it is important to make a shift outside of …
We are all in this together – Part II
A poem suggesting that we are all very much together in the co-creative dynamics of the whole of life, even as we …