When people ask where I work, I sometimes describe myself as “feral”. It’s a joke…but also a real aspiration. Good things happen when I try hard to chase my sense of excitement, ignoring impulses to produce legible outcomes. This essay really captures it:
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What a hugely important, wonderful thread. I aim for this, and feel like many struggle and aspire to — it’s a grey path in a world of black and white, where categories and labels of occupation and practice limit us.
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For sure. And to be clear: I rarely achieve the degree of expansiveness advocated here! Outcome orientation often dominates on any given day.