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On 5/4/2012 9:33 AM, steve har wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Gordon,
What a splendid memory you have!</pre>
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<big><font face="Comic Sans MS">Steve --<br>
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Thanks, but my splendid memory got the conversation name wrong.
It's known as the Priest Conversation, not Freedom (though it
occurs in the Freedom section of the course).<br>
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We continue to learn from whatever we risk putting out there,
don't we?<br>
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Gordon<br>
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Thank-you for the generosity of sharing the story from that West Side
RS-1 and your memories of learning with Slicker and Mathews.
Wonder if anyone has a picture of an RS1 on the West Side from those
days? Your story with a picture would make the beginning of some
terrific story-making in the new 6th Floor Archives.
Paul Noah has a fun story about going on a quest to find teh "rock"
and a picture of the "Rock" as a backdrop of Joe Crocker giving a talk
on the 2nd floor at 4750. He and some other people have been
collecting pictures and stories.
Hope the Archives Project adds your story too!
The Gordon Harper Story: The 1st Time I...
"The first time I was assigned to lead the conversation method in a
live RS-1. It was with a large group in Room A, West Side, latter
60s, and I'd been given the Freedom Conversation: ("Who'd be willing
to take George to the airport?"). Amazingly to me,it wasn't going
nearly as well as I recalled it had in my own RS-1.
As I was struggling to stay afloat, Slicker edged in to help redirect
things so that the group could genuinely wrestle with the issues being
raised. I felt like a flaming failure--then came to treasure it as
one of my great learning moments.
--
Steve
PS I note you didn't say what your great learning was...exactly. Must
be you're writing in the zen-journey short paragraphs style of Basho.
Basho seems to give you the quest and the journey but you get to
formulate your own answer.
More like this please!
See: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dlstewart.com/haibun.htm">http://www.dlstewart.com/haibun.htm</a>
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