Theory U, 2nd Edition

Part I

Bumping into Our Blind Spot

We all recognize social acts when we see them: people talking, laughing, crying, clashing, playing, dancing, praying. But where do our actions come from? From what place deep within (or around) us do our actions originate? To answer this question, it is helpful to look at the creative work of an artist in three ways. First, we can look at the result of her (or his) work, the thing, the finished painting. Or we can observe her while she (or he) is painting: we can watch the process of the colorful brushstrokes creating the work of art. Or we can observe the artist standing in front of the empty canvas. It is ...