50 min
"Pulling back the blinders" - Hillary Webb What's the value?
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- Philosophy
Hillary is a cultural anthropologist, author, teacher and mixed-media storyteller with a focus on theater anthropology and cross-cultural perspectives on human consciousness. She has an undergraduate degree in journalism, an MA in philosophy of mind, and a PhD in existential psychology. That background is a jackpot if you are interested in having a conversation about human nature and values. Hillary describes her work as exploring how we human beings make meaning of this wonderful, terrible, ecstatic, startling, and often absurd world in which we live. Game on.
Hillary started with a really interesting and important value, "pulling back the blinders." The reason for that value is that she wants to understand and engage with the world in the purest possible way. So to do that she needs to expand her perspective to try to see the world for what it really is, not just the limited view we have as an individual. It is funny, in conversations like this I almost have to be careful because we have such similar perspectives/values. I want to make sure we don't group think into believing we have all the answers or this is the only way to view life. Luckily, Hillary had a really good perspective and was super humble/open minded--no surprise given her value.
There was so much I enjoyed about this discussion, but two little nuggets that stood out were: 1. the idea of tying to view the world from a different "window." We all have baggage, biases, and perspectives that constructs the window we see the world from. Hillary wants to find opportunities where ever she can to try to peak out of different people's windows to get a more complete view of the world. And 2. when I asked Hillary how she made sense of the universe she said she views it like jazz music. By that she meant it is free flowing and not controlled in any rigid way, but at the same time there is a unifying rhythm that keeps it all connected. Really great discussion and really thought provoking all around.
Hillary is a cultural anthropologist, author, teacher and mixed-media storyteller with a focus on theater anthropology and cross-cultural perspectives on human consciousness. She has an undergraduate degree in journalism, an MA in philosophy of mind, and a PhD in existential psychology. That background is a jackpot if you are interested in having a conversation about human nature and values. Hillary describes her work as exploring how we human beings make meaning of this wonderful, terrible, ecstatic, startling, and often absurd world in which we live. Game on.
Hillary started with a really interesting and important value, "pulling back the blinders." The reason for that value is that she wants to understand and engage with the world in the purest possible way. So to do that she needs to expand her perspective to try to see the world for what it really is, not just the limited view we have as an individual. It is funny, in conversations like this I almost have to be careful because we have such similar perspectives/values. I want to make sure we don't group think into believing we have all the answers or this is the only way to view life. Luckily, Hillary had a really good perspective and was super humble/open minded--no surprise given her value.
There was so much I enjoyed about this discussion, but two little nuggets that stood out were: 1. the idea of tying to view the world from a different "window." We all have baggage, biases, and perspectives that constructs the window we see the world from. Hillary wants to find opportunities where ever she can to try to peak out of different people's windows to get a more complete view of the world. And 2. when I asked Hillary how she made sense of the universe she said she views it like jazz music. By that she meant it is free flowing and not controlled in any rigid way, but at the same time there is a unifying rhythm that keeps it all connected. Really great discussion and really thought provoking all around.
50 min