In the world where our attention spans default to rapid exhaustion by sound bites and Twitter feed, I find myself requiring long conversations. I don’t mean simply hours and hours over one pot of tea, although that’s a lovely thought and certainly part of the concept. By long conversations, I mean the understanding that the issues in play won’t be encompassed in the minutes of a single face-to-face. They must be revisited, wrestled with, deliberately sorted through for all their implications. Implicit is the permission, even the necessity, to remain uncommitted and explore without apology and no deadline. It holds out the possibility that one might change her mind, maybe become a different person--radically or only incrementally.
Lana,
Your words over the past few years have inspired me and challenged me.
Look forward to see your name in my inbox.
Thank you!
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Thank you Lana.