Inviting men into resonance
A conversation with Jacob Kishere & Matthew Green about The Resonant Man
Whose afraid of 'men's work'?
I am!
Well, not really . . .
But I’ve never heard an invitation to ‘men’s work’ that resonated for me.
Which probably says more about me than any generalization one might make about men coming together to examine what is unique about their experience as men.
Yes, I think it’s fair to say I had some negative associations about that.
What about you?
Despite all this, I previously knew
through our shared participation in the practice of Dialectic Into Dialogos, a collective contemplation on virtue that builds on the call-and-response of rotating partners doing shared spontaneous inquiry.This practice was initiated by the cognitive scientist and philosopher, John Vervaeke.
Furthermore, the title of Jacob’s new project for men, co-led with his friend, the author and journalist
, definitely resonated with me, given that my central project, Musicality of Being, is entirely built upon the phenomenon of resonance.I recently connected with Jacob and Matthew to learn more about their project, The Resonant Man. In the following clip, they define what they mean my ‘resonance.’
Click here to listen to the full conversation
Click here to read the call for the Resonant Man and register for three free Sunday events this summer on July 14 & 21 and August 4.
As mentioned above, I’ve never been involved with men’s work, so my experience at the first live event for The Resonant Man felt “non-habitual” to me, as I mentioned during this conversation, evoking a way of categorizing experience that is central to my work as a Feldenkrais practitioner.
Being in an all-male context required me to adjust the dials of my attention differently than I might otherwise do. One part of the experience that jumped out for me was a heightened awareness of a tendency to make comparisons between myself and my projections of the accomplishments or capacities of other men.
When I said this, Matthew said it was a powerful thing for him to hear because this kind of behavior felt like a wound in his own experience. He then pointed out that the parallel we had just uncovered through vulnerable dialogue was a perfect example of the way resonance can arise spontaneously and have a healing effect.
I’m planning to join the next call on July 14 at 2pm EST.
Perhaps I’ll see you there?
One more clip of Matthew and Jacob talking about the connection they made through doing inquiry around the traumas of war, eventually sparking The Resonant Man:
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