On 5/4/2012 9:33 AM, steve har wrote:
Gordon,
What a splendid memory you have!
Steve -- 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). We continue to learn from whatever we risk putting out there, don't we? Gordon
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: http://www.dlstewart.com/haibun.htm _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net