Into every act of knowing,

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Both/And Oils in Papers, June 2003
Into every act of knowing, there enters a tacit
and passionate contribution of the person knowing
what is to be known and this, rather than being
a flaw, is a necessary component of all
knowledge. The idea that reason and intelligence
alone are the source of all understanding is
sheer illusion. Tacit knowledge and
intellectual passions, the sharing of an idiom
and of a cultural heritage, affiliation to the
like minded community such are the impulses
which shape our vision of the nature of things on
which we rely for our mastery of things. No
intelligence however critical or original, can
operate outside such a fiduciary framework.
Michael Polanyi, Personal Knowledge
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Sent Wednesday, June 18, 2003 121 PM Subject
Thanks Dear At, (and dwig in the
background-)Thank you for sharing this with me,
while writing to dwig.While you were writing
that, this morning... I was listening to
something on the radio, about St Francis. I
noticed something by myself -) recently. That
(for example) a 'pair' of birds, let's say doves
(who bond for life) will, when startled from say
a hedgerow... and being at say ten meters
distance from each other... fly out of their
'cover' simultaneously, not each relative to the
point of disturbance, but together -) I would
have thought that one would fly to safety and
only then, later the other as I approached, but
no. I also noted that I learned this by being
there when it happened. If I am not there,...
then I never notice this -)If the doves are not
there,... it never happens -)Love from the
background,Andrew Dear Andrew (and dwig in
the background)   It is because doves are
profound observers. Listen to the difference in
the flapping of their wings when they fly away to
other food or from danger. This morning, as i was
driving away from my home, a dove was sitting in
the road. When it saw the car coming, it began to
WALK to the pavement. I thought the car would go
over it and was ready to apply the breaks with
all force. Yet it managed to get safely away
with some 3 inches to spare. I was intrigued and
stopped, walked back to see whether the dove
could still fly. It flew away.  I have written
something on mentorship which still has to appear
on the LO list. Near the end i wrote I think
that that the following two criteria are also
essential to mentorship. Profound observation
using as much senses (see, hear, ..) as
possible. Deep understanding of constructive
creativity in all walks of life. It is no wonder
that doves are the mentors for peace. Love At
Angelus (garden painting) Ilse-Marie de Lange 2000
At de Lange, Pretoria, RSA, Ilse-Marie de Lange,
Pretoria, RSA, Andrew Campbell, Oxford, UK (Dwig
in the background N California, US -)