Sunday, July 27, 2014

Imbalancing Act

Architectural Fermentation is not the only interaction that shapes our world.
Think about it: every action you do is result of a perceived imbalance, whether it be social inequity, a messy kitchen, a desire, a fear, or any number of issues, opportunities or changing conditions.  The mechanics are simple -- you sense an imbalance and almost immediately you have an opinion about it, which arises without prompting based on criteria within your egosystem and propels you to take action to address the imbalance.  When the imbalance is small, like thirst, you take action yourself; however, when the imbalance becomes too large for you as a individual to handle, you have to enlist the help of others.
This is where interaction occurs involving communication, negotiation, persuasion, and other methods of spreading your opinion about a perceived imbalance to others.  Winning others to your cause gives you power; failing to do so leads to feelings of defeat, which leads to negative opinions about yourself.  But you must not give up.  The key to the imbalancing act is to trust the intellectual or emotional response that you have when you perceive an imbalance.   Belief in the correctness of your perception makes you an effective interactionist.

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