cp says:
>The visitors go away "owning" the topic information
and their new perceptions, knowing more about the subject than about the
Interpreter.<
A
few leaftimes back ][<en was talking about how I go off when I'm in a barn
and tell everyone within earshot everything I know about what they're looking
at. In reality I feel it has more to do with channeling the building. You often
hear the statement made about "if walls had ears" but I like to imagine what it
would be like if walls had voices.
The best part about learning from buildings is the
reality that we will never be able to hear everything they have to say. My hope
is the people I've given an opportunity the hear the building we're in will take
more time to listen on their own.
The lesson we all try to teach is that the built
environment cannot survive intact unless there are people to take care of it
that know how it was built. I beleive the more people there are who can hear
buildings tell them where they came from, what has happenned to them over the
years and what they need, the more likely it will be that we can help
them.
We need to do more than give people a "clear view". We
need to give them the motivation to feel responsible. It sounds like John did a
good job of that in his trance. Good job brother John!
Rudy
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