A Short Interval

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A Short Interval

Last weekend I finally had the opportunity to see something other than the walls of my apartment and the faces of those I live with - and it’s been a fantastic and much-needed little break!

This pandemic has been a sizable drain on all of our emotions, energies, routines, bank accounts, and lives on the whole.

And of course it is far from over. Despite how well we’ve been doing here in New York, other states have set us back on a national front while the world begins its preparations for a second wave that will likely hit this winter. I do hope we catch up.

On a personal level, I have been running on fumes for quite some time, both generally and creatively. Which is why I’m going to be taking a short interval from my blog posts - just a few weeks - to recharge and gather some new thoughts for moving forward through summer and into the fall!

But before I go for my period of recharge, I’d like to leave you all with a couple thoughts:

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How To Listen

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How To Listen

One of the most important skills we have as human beings is our ability to communicate, and to do so effectively.

However, one could easily argue that - societally speaking - we have not been communicating effectively with one another, or have only been doing so with a select group of people. The events of the past ten days seem like blatant proof of that.

A large part - if not the largest part - of effective communication and the subsequent forward momentum of progress is:

Active Listening.

We - and I’m speaking to the heavily White majority of my readership here - are being asked right now to Actively Listen to our Black peers, friends, family, colleagues, allies, acquaintances, and all Black voices across the country.

So how do we do this? What does this mean? Where to start?

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