“Why can’t you just… be a better person?”
This was an old joke between my first wife and me, when a discussion or argument that had reached the point where one person wanted to shout “Why can’t you just do what I’m telling you to do?” – the...
View ArticleSimple body maintenance things
One of the things they tried to instill in us at drama school was the idea that if you’re going to be someone who creates through performance or just your presence in the world, some exercise first...
View ArticleWhat even *is* an idea?
David Lynch talks about ideas as fish. He says if you sit still and wait and are open to catching one, they’ll just pop into your consciousness, so you right them down and then others come and join it...
View ArticleOpening Space – Invitations
The crafting of an Open Space invitation will be iterative. I like to have an overarching single question as the title of the event. How broad it is does depend on the subject and also how big the...
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The Climate Crisis Will Be Televised Trivially
A screenshot of me sitting in church on local news on the evening of 8th March 2023. Caption reads “Lloyd Davis, Community Worker, Guildford United Reformed Church” We got a call just after 10:30am on...
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August 28th 2024 – Morning Notes
So many breakfasts, so little time The quiet early hours, from 5 to 7 in the morning, have always been my most fertile time for ideas. However, there’s a catch: when I sit down to type, I lose the...
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