Thursday, January 26, 2017

Trail Stations



Search for and identify people who are facing the same challenges as you. Seek out those who are dealing with the same issues and topics. Go on walks with those people. Establish a set of principles that are part of a mission statement. The things you all agree on. This mission statement but it can also be artistic in nature.

Chart out a path to walk along that weaves through interesting locations. At points of interest along the trail there is a stop: one for each point on the mission statement. At each stop each person in the group gives their own unique perspective on that point on the mission statement. This can be stating their own ideas about what their specific contribution to that ideal will be, how they can achieve it. Or it can be an exploration what aspects of it stand out to them. They can share a story in connection to that issue, or a personal experience that moved them to want to act. They give their perspective in whatever form it comes.  

At each station, after everyone has spoken, the whole group decides on one aspect of the topic that they are most stumped by: the mystery. The mysteries for each station are recorded. Then a second group composed of different people who are focusing on the same topics receives the list and makes the same walk. At each station they discuss the mystery on the list that corresponds to that location. The order of the list stays the same so that the mystery will be discussed at the same spot the question was asked. Each person gives their unique perspective on the mystery. 



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