Francis Laleman’s poetic and evocative story about three novels and a book about trees.
Reader’s Block and Mental Stuckness
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Francis Laleman
Francis Laleman’s articles draw on his experience as a facilitator, Scrum teacher, Agile coach, designer, painter, gardener, and former academic. He studies Sanskrit, Pāli, and Asian cultures and is active in systemic design, publishing, and education. Based in Dover, Singapore.
About Bearing the Unbearable
(And how the unbearable exists because we let it.) “I am here I tell her. I take ownership of your suffering. It is me.”
A Pedagogy of Small Steps
Considering “mindful observation of the smallest of things. Mindfully observing what presents itself around us. Drop the hurry and haste. Staying mindful slows us down, permits us to better focus — and focusing better enhances the chances we have of getting somewhere. Smaller is better because slower is better.”
About the Creation of Abundant Space
So it must be that I sit down today and make space for a piece about making space, which is the third deverbal noun out of the six that the framework of Host Leadership entails, and since I have been writing about two of them already, it seems that I must go on and proceed.
Gripped By Tears, For No Reason
Coming out of the Ides of March and Eryk Salvaggio’s post on future fatigue reminded me of Francis Laleman’s fatal mellow-heartedness.