hi there.

I started this blog as a safe place to explore an antidote to the kind of limited thinking that I see as having a tremendously negative effect on virtually all aspects of life.  It will be, hopefully, a place to develop a new kind of thinking and a new way of looking at problems.

I've tried instigating these conversations on Facebook, in classes, with friends--but the very nature of these conversations is that they are open ended, and people tend not to like that. There seems to be a general sense that if we can't come to some kind of conclusion at the end of a conversation, it's a waste of time.  This is a hallmark of limited thought--it is static.  It abhors grey areas.  It requires simple, solid answers to nebulous, complicated questions. It rewards incompetence, because incompetence only looks in one direction, avoiding any conflicting data that might, god forbid, complicate the issue.  

Here, I'll try to do the exact opposite.  I'll attempt to point out complexities, no matter how uncomfortable or difficult it gets.  Instead of asserting my expertise, I will do my best to embrace the process of learning.  I will engage, as often as I can, in a dynamic analysis:  one that dwells in greys, one that attempts to find balance by exploring complexity instead of avoiding it.  

I won't always be successful.  But that's ok.