trees as metaphor for organization communications

biomimicry fascinates me. to that end, i have learned from folks (the gainesville catholic worker, curtis ogden, danielle coates-connor, adrianne maree brown) to think and model things after nature (i mean, aren’t we nature?). i’d like to learn more about mushrooms and mycelium magic, but at the moment, i often use trees as a powerful metaphor for describing nodes in systems. this is the first of two posts about tree as node metaphor: today for an organization’s communications systems and tomorrow, for an individual.

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the safe space spontaneous couple confession

so here’s a thing i’ve noticed that’s pretty hilarious. many of my friends are coupled. for some of these couples, i have independently relationships with each person. for others, i only know one of them through the other. i often hang out with these couple friends when they’re together, either as me plus them or in larger groups of couples and single people.

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interactive book club reading response: week 4

3 highlights from the #diversityp5js reading this week (chapter 5 & 6)

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want to be in a romantic relationship with me? please read this book and sign this contract

i found out a few months ago that my friend, kendra, made her now-husband read all about love by bell hooks with her before they got married.

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intro to complexity theory

there are many forthcoming posts (and some i’ve already written about systems in general) that deal with complexity. in order to make sure those posts are well-grounded, i feel like it’s important to write through my understanding of complexity theory.

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