Hi TOK Community,
I am writing to share that I had an excellent conversation with the jazz musician and scholar
Greg Thomas on Tuesday. He has a fascinating background that links Black literature, jazz and integral theory together. He is CEO and Co-Founder (with his wife, Jewel Kinch-Thomas) of the
Jazz Leadership Project.
I connected with him because he made a few excellent posts to the metamodern list we are both on. On Tuesday, he pointed me to two Rebel Wisdom videos that he has done that I had somehow overlooked, and I listened to them yesterday and
they are fantastic.
The first show was a blend of ideas called “Lost Ways of Knowing,” which includes Greg discussing some of how jazz inspires collective intelligence. It also includes some excellent
material on John V’s four P’s of knowing.
Also,
here he is discussing racial issues on “Race, Riots, & History” and the making meaning of the unrest in our country in the weeks following the killing of George Floyd. I thought his conclusion about where we are (i.e., both Black and white folks in the
US) and where we need to go was the best 5-10 min summary I have heard, and I whole heartedly agree with his insights and vision for moving forward.
Because of all of this, I am thrilled that he is willing to join our community.
Welcome, Greg!
Best,
Gregg
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