November 14, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Harmony, order and self-development These are the three main pillars of Japanese culture. In Syntropic World language, following our lineage of the work of Buckminster Fuller, these elements would be called the Pattern Integrity of Japan. The image I share, a break...
November 13, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Contradictions and polarities I am writing todays post from the Shinkansen train to Kyoto. Hurtling through the countryside at 300 kilometres per hour, finally seeing green fields after three days concrete. Mt Fuji is enshrouded in clouds. I am lost in the...
November 12, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Adaptation I am not a city person. I find crowds exhausting. I spend most of my days in happy solitude. Yet here I am, roaming the streets with millions of others, standing in queues for this and that. The noise, the lights, the sounds, and the endless sea of people....
November 11, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Honour One of the fascinating things about culture is manners – whether they are part of the fabric or not. Where is the lived instruction that we respect the other? Where litter is something no one does. I watched two policemen this morning while walking...
November 10, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
To be an anthropologist Quite literally, I am lost in translation. Stepping into another culture with language, food, writing and customs that are alien to me is quite a discombobulating experience. I am the visitor, the guest. My intention is to approach my Japanese...
November 9, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
A worthy investment I am about to board a flight to Japan for a holiday. There is excitement arising even though the dullness of exhaustion is the louder noise. I read the news feed. My heart cannot hold the horror. How does anyone justify the killing of so many...
