Enjoyed reading through this - and I like the idea of slow thinking. I had to do too much fast thinking at University during my PhD and when I was teaching, and some slow thinking would have been very welcome. It takes time to listen to different voices and experiences, and get out of those silos and comfort zones and knee jerk reactions and personally and politically I think that's what we need.
Musically, thanks for sending me back to Bert Jansch, who my best friend adored, though glad you mentioned Anne Briggs as well (Nottingham's finest). Do I have a musical soundtrack playing in my head as I walk? I'm not sure. I often sing Kate Bush's Cloudbusting to myself: But every time it rains
You're here in my head
Like the sun coming out
Ooh, I just know that something good is gonna happen
...
I've been known to sing it to slightly threatening cows to show them I'm not scared. It seems to work. Look forward to reading more.
Enjoyed reading through this - and I like the idea of slow thinking. I had to do too much fast thinking at University during my PhD and when I was teaching, and some slow thinking would have been very welcome. It takes time to listen to different voices and experiences, and get out of those silos and comfort zones and knee jerk reactions and personally and politically I think that's what we need.
Musically, thanks for sending me back to Bert Jansch, who my best friend adored, though glad you mentioned Anne Briggs as well (Nottingham's finest). Do I have a musical soundtrack playing in my head as I walk? I'm not sure. I often sing Kate Bush's Cloudbusting to myself: But every time it rains
You're here in my head
Like the sun coming out
Ooh, I just know that something good is gonna happen
...
I've been known to sing it to slightly threatening cows to show them I'm not scared. It seems to work. Look forward to reading more.