Tell us what you see.
- Principle
- Tell us what you see.
- Type
- Core Principle
- Primary Agenda
- See the Fifth World together.
When you picture the scene, tell us what you see, the things that seem obvious to you. Tell us the things that naturally follow from what we’ve already heard. Don’t strain to come up with something unexpected, surprising, or creative. At worst, telling us what you see helps us all see the Fifth World together by confirming what we all see, but it might surprise you how often you’ll see something that seems obvious to you, but no one else has seen it yet. These give us much better surprising twists, because they surprise us, and yet we can see how they naturally follow and we should have expected them, as opposed to the surprises we try to plan, which might then seem contrived or forced. Focusing on the things that you can see, the obvious things, keeps our shared imagination grounded, which helps us appreciate the reality of it. It reinforces cause and effect, action and reaction, and understandable consequences. And, from time to time, it even gives us a really satisfying twist.
#Examples
- A large tree probably has lots of birds and animals living in its branches.
- A watering hole probably attracts a lot of traffic, leaving lots of converging tracks, trails, and signs.
- A hungry person probably dives right in when you offer hen food.
- When you insult someone, that person probably starts looking for a way to get back at you.
- Your typical person in the Fifth World probably doesn’t worry too much about meeting hens basic needs.