I feel really good about Trackers today. We tracked in the morning, did a plant walk in the afternoon, and closed the day with something new- a “seminar” (discussion) about a short reading that had been assigned. We were talking about craftspersonship and artisanry and the spirit embodied in the materials that we work with, and the meaning in it. I have a really hard time talking in large group settings, but this group today happened to be just intimate enough for me to at least say somthing. The discussion felt contrived at first, but then it started flowing and it was really great to be talking as a group, not in a retrospective meeting format, about something that mattered. Tony, an instructer, has gone through the year up to this point with the motto “less talk, more rock” in mind, which is great, up to a point, but often left our activities disconnected and without context or greater meaning. I really started to grieve a couple days ago finally the fact that Willem is not a part of the program, because I think this kind of discussion is what he would have brought in all along. I’m happy it’s happening now. It feels really good.
