Writing
Essays in progress.
Essays exploring the origin, the contemporary relevance and evolving practice of Synergetic Thinking from different perspectives.
- 9 min readWalter Vandervelde
Anything Goes. Now What?
On a blank sheet of paper, a marker, and the freedom to find your own way
A blank sheet seems the height of creative freedom. But what really sets us in motion: unlimited space, a clear boundary, or the interplay between the two?
9 min read - 10 min readWalter Vandervelde
I Turned It Off. And Then Back On.
What Nature Can Teach Us About Apparent Opposites
A sleepless final night in Vancouver leads to a paddlefish, nacre, bacterial biofilms and fungal partnerships — and to a different way of seeing forces that initially seem to work against us.
10 min read - 16 min readWalter Vandervelde
When Opposites Sustain Each Other
What Synergetic Thinking Can Learn from Taoism
A personal and philosophical exploration of how Taoist ideas about polarities, emptiness, harmony and acting without forcing resonate with Synergetic Thinking.
16 min read