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We are joined with a very special guest, Thomas Mouries, a consultant at IX, a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology
The past couple weeks we’ve been talking about these two emotions, samvega and posada. Samvega being this anguish or dismay that overtakes us when we encounter something that is truly awful in our lives, and it’s more than that. It’s accompanied by a recognition that in some way we have contributed to this state of affairs, and what’s more, we have this drive to escape it. To get as far away from it as we can because it is so horrifying. And that’s all samvega. But in addition there’s this other emotion, this emotion, posada. A serene confidence that settles in as we muster the courage to stay and face that samvega, to stay in that state of discomfort and to work with it because we know that it will bring us some sort of progress, some movement that is critical for us and our development.
In this show, we're joined by our dear friend, Bhavik Joshi, Director of Brand Strategy and Head of Insight at LPK, a Cincinnati-based brand design agency. Our conversation wrestled with how to strategically apply the subject introduced last week: our culture's tendency to withdraw from a "holy discontent."
Recent months have carried us back here: change is hard. And, change is inevitable. Now what?
Additional references for ongoing learning:
Adam Curtis' 2016 documentary, Hypernormalisation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh2cDKyFdyU
Lucas Fain's piece for Public Seminar: There is no Future without Openness to the Other: https://publicseminar.org/essays/there-is-no-future-without-openness-to-the-other/
Romy's Ignite talk about why and how we imagine: https://vimeo.com/401622752
[Case Study] Frankenstein AI: A Monster Made by Many: https://vimeo.com/265588171
If you want a prediction of what people will want in the months and years ahead, look for what has always mattered most—and been largely ignored.
In a time of great change, where our assumptions are tested and some of our assumptions are even broken. In those moments, we feel a strong push toward recovery. Recovery of our safety. Recovery of our security. Even the basic creature comforts and we tend to look for those externally.
Taking a moment to stop and contrast where we have been (social swarming) to where we are today (social distancing)
Episode Three: We continue our conversation about the Feminine and it's relationship to gender and how that effects the way we live and work together.