October 11, 2005

Dialogue experiment

Johnnie Moore

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With my friends Mark Hodge and Alok Singh I helped to host an experimental dialogue on Monday at The Hub. This continues my interest in ways for groups to create a deeper sense of connection.

I’m feeling a bit blogged out at the moment, so I’m glad that Julian Elve has done a post that gives a great personal account of what happened.

I really enjoyed the experience, which confirmed my feeling that people are closer to the possibility of deep connection than might sometimes appear to be the case. And hungrier for it than might be thought.

Bunny Bunny

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Don’t panic

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Leading from the clown

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Playing with eye contact

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bohm dialogue

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