Meetings of Opposites

Meetings of Opposites produces the actual experience of common ground among people with irreconcileable opinions or positions.

Meetings of Opposites is a five or six-session workshop/seminar that produces the actual experience of common ground among people with irreconcilable positions. There are four components:

• Investigate the nature of visual perception to reveal the mechanism which produces optical illusions.

• Examine current discourse among us – like the statues controversy in Charlottesville or any charged issue – to show the same mechanism at work.

• Introduce a philosophical framework for distinguishing perception from being-together.

• Participate in a series of exercises adapted from Outward Bound, to experience a way of being together different from the way perception allows and enforces.

When it’s safe to assemble in person, we will be conducting Meetings in cities where we’re invited.