You are about to enter one of the most nonlinear conversational experiences you've ever entered. In this conversation, we are seeking to discover that intangible property and nature of human life that is the naturally arising capacity to weave part to part and unlock new possibilities. And you will find, as you stay with us through this conversation, that we go to all sorts of places: the past, the distant past, and the future, the interior human realm, the brain, and the mind, and the exterior of the world at large. Join Aviv Shahar and a global group of "weavers," as they bring together the hidden threads and themes behind new possibilities emerging across all aspects of human experience.
You are about to enter one of the most nonlinear conversational experiences you've ever entered. In this conversation, we are seeking to discover that intangible property and nature of human life that is the naturally arising capacity to weave part to part and unlock new possibilities. And you will find, as you stay with us through this conversation, that we go to all sorts of places: the past, the distant past, and the future, the interior human realm, the brain, and the mind, and the exterior of the world at large. Join Aviv Shahar and a global group of "weavers," as they bring together the hidden threads and themes behind new possibilities emerging across all aspects of human experience.
02:24 – Aviv Shahar welcomes the global group of “weavers” who share their thoughts and insights on this topic
04:15 – Theodora Papanastasatou, Dr. Alan Litchfield, and Elizabeth Lyell share their experience and insights on today’s topic, The Human as a Weaver of Part to Part
17:49 – Robin Charlton and Kyriaki Nikandrou speak to what comes alive in them when they think about The Human as a Weaver of Part to Part
27:12 – The passion of Van Gogh
31:14 – Dina Richardson continues this nonlinear conversation by sharing her experience as a composer
34:25 – Aviv poses a fascinating inquiry to the panel of guests about the feeling of weaving
“Humans are apparently the only beings on this planet that can try to understand and ask why, and how come? Where is it coming from? What does it mean? And how does it bring me to my next discovery, or understanding, or recognition?” (06:18) (Theodora)
“And if we think about this question of a human as a weaver from part to part and a connector of possibilities, we also need to consider that humans, by their nature, have a collective sense about them. And, if we look at the way that technology has evolved over time, much of human technology has been related to communal resource sharing and accumulation of things that they need to survive, which have triggered changes in environmental social development and so on.” (14:00) (Dr. Alan)
“So, looking back at history, there’s also a weave that comes from the past into our future and into the very lives we live today.” (21:16) (Robin)
“I was thinking of all the different pathways of learning because we know that we don’t just have academic learning. We also have emotional learning and kinesthetic learning and solitary learning. There are all these different pathways like auditory and visual.” (26:44) (Kyriaki)
“Every genre of music has borrowed from another genre. And there’s been a long line of handing down music as a legacy to the next generation for them to do with what they will because of what’s moving through them.” (31:41) (Dina)