Titanic Post

The Titanic has always been to me a symbol of what happens when well meaning human beings stop questioning the actions of the powerful and their elected stooges.    The Ship of State takes on water and eventually sinks.  As a somewhat flawed human being, I have the illusion that if I tell my truth and write about the follies of humanity, life will get better.

“The Courage of Imperfection” is a term I first heard used at a Group Dynamics Seminar in Germany in about 1983. One of the facilitators was Inge Kähling, a brilliant woman and a student of Kurt Lewin, one of the first to study the dynamics of how people behave in groups. At one point after a heated exchange in the group, she accused me of having Mut zur Lücke, which I translated to mean the courage of omission as I seemed able and willing to work around most of the less flattering details of my life. Later, I found out that the concept meant “a lack of self-conceit” and originated with Alfred Adler and had been expounded upon by Rollo May. I have subtitled this blog The Courage of Imperfection, in honor of Inge Kähling and my obvious lack of perfection.

With the courage of imperfection,
Nicholson