07-19-2023, 06:23 PM
Day 139
First off, I'm going to answer a question that I saw a user post in another thread. I'm answering here, b/c the question wasn't directed at me but I do have some thoughts on it.
Does Maverick center the user?
No. It does not. Shocking answer? Maybe.
One of the biggest issues I see is that everybody has a framework that they establish to try to understand 'what is'. I'm no different. It's how we make sense of things. The problem is that 'what is' doesn't fit within a framework; at least not a framework as simple as most of us try to apply.
I've made mention of cages and how Maverick is continually dissolving cages. Well, the framework that we try to use to understand 'what is' is exactly that...another cage. It's the antithesis of what Maverick is about. And the fact that we continually keep trying to build these cages, to make sense of things, is exactly what makes Maverick so difficult to explain. It doesn't fit in a fucking cage. The experience is growth outside of what you currently know. It's like trying to explain three dimensions to a two-dimensional stick figure drawn on a piece of paper. Even if this two dimensional figure could think, and could understand width and height, it has no concept of depth.
Moving on...
Growth is occurring in me. Overall, I'm more relaxed than I can ever recall being in my life. I won't go so far as to say I could calmly diffuse a bomb, but I can see getting to that place at some point if I run Maverick long enough. I know what you're thinking...."I knew it NOMAD...it centers the user." No. It's not that at all. Any apparent "centeredness" is a symptom of something more complex than I can understand, let alone explain with my current vocabulary. "Centerdness" implies being static. For lack of better term, Maverick is fluid. Of course, the concept of fluidity is what? ... another cage that Maverick doesn't fit in.
In my work, I'm finding that demand for me is growing. I currently have a client stepping around the normal protocols to get me involved. The act of doing this excludes one of my counterparts in the company. I sensed that this was going to happen and I sense that this type of thing is going to increase in frequency as time unfolds. Interestingly, the importance I've placed in my work is fading. There was a time that I would've relished the glory of it all. Now, it's just another day.
First off, I'm going to answer a question that I saw a user post in another thread. I'm answering here, b/c the question wasn't directed at me but I do have some thoughts on it.
Does Maverick center the user?
No. It does not. Shocking answer? Maybe.
One of the biggest issues I see is that everybody has a framework that they establish to try to understand 'what is'. I'm no different. It's how we make sense of things. The problem is that 'what is' doesn't fit within a framework; at least not a framework as simple as most of us try to apply.
I've made mention of cages and how Maverick is continually dissolving cages. Well, the framework that we try to use to understand 'what is' is exactly that...another cage. It's the antithesis of what Maverick is about. And the fact that we continually keep trying to build these cages, to make sense of things, is exactly what makes Maverick so difficult to explain. It doesn't fit in a fucking cage. The experience is growth outside of what you currently know. It's like trying to explain three dimensions to a two-dimensional stick figure drawn on a piece of paper. Even if this two dimensional figure could think, and could understand width and height, it has no concept of depth.
Moving on...
Growth is occurring in me. Overall, I'm more relaxed than I can ever recall being in my life. I won't go so far as to say I could calmly diffuse a bomb, but I can see getting to that place at some point if I run Maverick long enough. I know what you're thinking...."I knew it NOMAD...it centers the user." No. It's not that at all. Any apparent "centeredness" is a symptom of something more complex than I can understand, let alone explain with my current vocabulary. "Centerdness" implies being static. For lack of better term, Maverick is fluid. Of course, the concept of fluidity is what? ... another cage that Maverick doesn't fit in.
In my work, I'm finding that demand for me is growing. I currently have a client stepping around the normal protocols to get me involved. The act of doing this excludes one of my counterparts in the company. I sensed that this was going to happen and I sense that this type of thing is going to increase in frequency as time unfolds. Interestingly, the importance I've placed in my work is fading. There was a time that I would've relished the glory of it all. Now, it's just another day.
