The Art of Hosting

Sourced from The Art of hosting website, something Chris Corrigan's a part of:

What are some essentials that help us to have meaningful conversations about the things that we most care about?

* live now what future you want to create

* be in the present

* do not host it alone - be a good team of hosts

* focus on questions that matters

* go into conversation about what really matters by listening deeply to each other - beyond the words

* allow all voices to be heard so the collective intelligence can surface

* co host a good process that allows everyone to learn about themselves - each other and the purpose

* harvest good essences

* do not act before clarity and wisdom have come

* do not fear chaos - it is creative space where the new order can be born

* go through your fear however it manifests

This is all very relevant for everything and particularly something I'm in the process of creating or an idea, 'online art curating', for now an idea, but it is evolving. I'm particularly interested in representing artists's via the internet, providing a space for them, opening up an avenue in the public domain of the www that is non-discriminatory and free.
* I like the idea of providing friendly and interesting space for artists to showcase their work;
* It would develop my own understanding for unique artist's processes and art in general;
* It would offer a way to sell art without fleecing artist's for lots of $ like galleries do;
* Intention of connecting and working with such interesting people that artists are. Well, the ones I know so far are anyway..........

This will be a real process, there are so many things that are unknown for me and things to develop that will only happen with time! Present state anyway..... but it does instill excitement the more I talk about it.

birds at hore abbey, cashel

 

 

Jeremy and Timo, father and son, Dunfanghy, Co. Donegal at the top of Ireland. 

A ship is safe in port but that is not what a ship is made for.

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool,

To weep is to risk appearing sentimental,

To reach out for another is to risk involvement,

To expose feelings is to risk exposing true self,

To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss,

To love is to risk not being loved in return,

To live is to risk dying,

To hope is to risk despair,

To try is to risk failure,

But risk must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.

He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.

Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave, he has forfeited freedom.

Only a person who risks - is free.

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