Tag: feedback
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The Experience of Art
Once, a number of years ago, a young woman I knew vaguely through a mutual friend told me that, for her, art always soured after explanation.
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What One Player-Coach Conversation Taught Me about Transformations, the Uses (and Limits) of Frustration, and When to Let Go of (Some) Authority.
I called the player over after practice had ended. “Do we have a problem?” I asked him. “Do you want brutal honesty?” I said yes, I did. He looked at the empty field, the sky, the fenced horse pasture beyond. Then he started talking.
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Ways of Honoring the Memory of a Man I Wish I’d Known Better
We sat at the table in his kitchen. Coffee had been brewed, or was brewing. We each had a cup. Actually, I wasn’t there. My wife was. My uncle was telling her about stewing and canning hot peppers. He gave one of the last jars he had to her to take home. There were other…
Patrick Faller 