What should I do? A Practice for Looking Beyond the Obvious
In this companion episode to Jennifer’s conversation with Bayo Akomolafe on breaking the trance of pragmatism, she invites you to notice your usual response when something needs fixing, solving, or resolving.
What have you been taught to do? What feels expected? And what other responses might be available, even if they are less visible, less legible, or more strange?
The idea behind this practice is not to uncover a better solution, as tempting as that might be. Rather Jennifer invites you into a practice of noticing your default response — and staying curious about what else might be happening.
In this episode you'll be guided to:
notice yours or others "obvious" or "expected" responses
observe any pressure to act quickly or efficiently
stay open to less obvious responses or happenings
explore bewilderment, ripples, and generative cracks as sites of generativity
Jennifer reminds us that this practice will not solve the problem, but it may disturb the waters of conditioned seeing and widen our sense of what is possible.
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