I've earned a new appreciation for the 'ascending' principle where hands inform passion and ideas and concepts. Important insights are born when hands are engaged. In my work with communities, after people talk, we ask them to do something with their hands to sort things out. We place large sheets of paper on the tables, put markers in people's hands, and ask them to sketch out the concepts they discussed. And conversations become more informing and productive. Concepts are clarified sooner. Agreements are negotiated faster. People become better problem solvers when the experience and wisdom of their hands compliment their minds.
