Systemic, free-range inquiry can advance professional skills.
- sciart0
- Mar 30
- 1 min read
Exerpt: "Nabhan illustrates the interconnection between thinking across varied fields and how one specifically might inform the other.
He is by no means the first or only thinker to harness looking across disciplines. This approach has certainly also informed the world of psychotherapy. The unifying glue, however, is time and space for reflection, to consider leisurely, to let the mind wander.
It is to notice rather than direct thoughts, perhaps an extension of dreaming, in letting some connection find its way forward instead of serving as director.
So, in a willingness to suspend assumptions, connections between desert food and disease may arise in contemplation of poetry disguised as what would otherwise be an afterthought."