Whispering in the Wind by John Grinder

Extract from  “Whispering in the Wind” by Carmen Bostic St. Clair and John Grinder

From Part ll, Chapter 1; Contexts of Discovery

It is a rare and somewhat humbling experience to witness the birth of a new field

of human investigation, even more so to participate in such an event. Typically we learn about the history of such events through textbooks or popularisations. In such accounts, we are treated to a rational even compelling account of a relentless parade of events, each coherent in its own right, marching past us, linked by an impeccable logic, and leading inevitably to inspiring conclusions inherent in any enterprise.

You will not find in such accounts recognition of the role of the random, the unconscious cunning, the outrageous irreverence necessary to shatter old habits of perception, the awkward first steps, the unjustified and congruent acting As if, the bemused recognition of a wholly flawed hypothesis, the long, deep, quiet, desperate nights, the fortuitous personal friendships and connections, the quickening that accompanies powerful and wholly unexpected consequences, the camaraderie that holds the enterprise together, the dead ends, the leaps of logic, the irrational and unjustified assumptions, the accidents of personal history and not least, the gifts and accidents of unconscious metaphor – all of which in the end allow you to stumble over the distinctions that then become the fundamental variables of the new discipline because in the end against all the odds, it does succeed.

….. Discovery has no algorithms; it proceeds by processes themselves thus far obscure and unmapped.

..It is people who make monumental, world shaking, paradigm busting discoveries – people like each of you and each of us.

… much depends on commitment as well as talent.

…creating the future requires great effort, movement and exposure.

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