This group has now been running for four weeks and I must say--I am impressed. Not only with the results. But by the idea that everyone I speak to about this group is excited about it. My friends, my family, the person sitting next to me on the airplane.
But what has shocked me the most is that....I am excited about it. I am thinking about it all the time. Thoughts and ideas are flowing through my head for this project constantly....there is so much more that I could do to really launch it! There is so much potential for this idea to go bigger. My big plan to create a simple, easy to use curriculum for teachers to use in schools all over the planet is still out there. And I think I'm going to go for it. Something about this has given ME hope for my own life...to create something beautiful. A digital point of connection for the planet. There is so much potential here, it is hard for me to sit still.
It is also possible that if this idea can fly on its own --without a curriculum---using the power of web technology only. Already, it has! I have done very little and invested ZERO dollars and the 52words group is going strong!
The hard part is...so many people love this idea. And there are almost 500 fans on facebook...but --it still requires thought and time and effort. The project needs to be so much fun that everyone is going to want to do it --share the results, comment on others photos. If it hits a nerve - if it becomes popular enough. Then, the goal of this project will be achieved and ultimately create a global, interactive network of real people from anywhere and everywhere participating in this project. That we can--through 52words-- learn about our differences in who we are and where we come from. And it is the interaction among the participants...the comments...where the deeper connections among us and deeper meaning of the project is revealed. And the sense that we are all inter-connected.
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