Contemplative Reading, Conversational Reading

i was inspired by the wisdom of naomi shihabna, that when we write in a journalling mode, one of the things that's happening is that we are etting in touch with the many selves inside ourself. I have realized in recent years that i, in general, tink conversationally. And so making this further move of reading conversationally was exhilarating. Sometimes i was copying sentences and paragraphs that moved me or sparked something, or were simply beautiful. These jottings would then often lead into my own reflections and surface all kinds of memories and stories that i would start writing down. This kind of exploration and way of seeing will weave through our next season of