John Robinson created these limericks during the Wasan Island retreat to capture the key ideas from our conversations. Thank you John!
1. Interdisciplinarity and practice
Sustainability, futures and arts Are the constituent parts. Can we combine, And tread the fine line Between theory and actual starts? 2. Emergence We all bring a lot to the table Emergence we want to enable We almost can see it. Our goal is to free it Without any claim that it’s stable. 3. World making We all want to alter the world. Our “future” is too tightly furled. Pasts, futures and presents Create a rich sense That world-making’s where meaning is squirreled. 4. Impact and connection In the end we all want to make change. But we know that we need a wide range Of practices and views So we don’t want to lose The ongoing need to exchange. |
5. Sustainability
Sustainability’s the goal that we seek But the answer is hardly unique It can’t be instructed but must be constructed. Emergence’s the golden technique. 6. Multiplicity of Futures The future’s not one single thing. Of multiple futures we sing. The choices between them Are for us to glean them Our very best selves we must bring. 7. Disruption If world-making’s the name of the game We want to avoid being tame. But are we disruptive Or just interruptive? Our thinking should not stay the same. The three fields provide us a chance To curate a new kind of dance But is art being co-opted Or fully adopted And disrupting and changing our stance? 8. Agency And where is agency found? And how can the art be unbound? To avoid instrumental Without going mental We really must monkey around. 9. Apologia Do we need to speak from the heart, In order to create any art? Is it heart vs. head? Or can we instead, Find places they are not apart? |