There's something to be learned by listening and absorbing and watching before you start telling the people who have been there how to rearrange chairs.
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When people realize they're being heard, and have a seat at the table, things seem to work out.
Don't you think you're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic?
You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images.
I find it very difficult just to sit. I would love to learn how to do that with contentment.
I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner, where you just sit and feel comfortable.
Sitting down for dinner not only helps you learn, but also teaches you how to listen - which I feel is the most important skill to have. I remember as a kid going around the table listening to everyone's day. It was hard to have the manners not to interrupt back then.
My method is much like choreography. I don't sit at a table. I work in a room with people.
You take for granted that you can walk. You do it every day, and then suddenly you can't walk, and you have to remember, 'How did I get out of this chair and start walking in the first place?'
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
Common sense says that chairs and tables exist independently of whether anyone happens to perceive them or not.
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