Ming the Mechanic: Finding Patterns  The NewsLog of Flemming
Funch  Finding Patterns2003-09-28 15:44 picture by Flemming
Funch  I'm going to make a more concerted efforts to collect
patterns. It is something that well summarizes something I care
a lot about. I'm talking about patterns that make things work
well, in contrast to patterns that don't work well. Uplifting
patterns, transformative patterns, generative patterns,
ecological patterns, synergetic patterns.  It is an activity
that probably doesn't make sense to everybody. A meta level of
dealing with the world. But patterns are essentially a way of
successfully navigating an otherwise confusing world. A pattern
is the way things are arranged. Without worrying too much about
the exact things that are arranged, one concerns oneself with
the arrangement they're in. Structure as opposed to content.  I
know that very well from my work as a personal counselor. NLP is
essentially all about patterns. Discovering what patterns people
think in, and how they do th