Comments on: [Marinate] The Art of Conversation http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/11/07/marinate-the-art-of-conversation/ An Irreverent Look at the Glocalized World Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jon o http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/11/07/marinate-the-art-of-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-226553 jon o Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:05:38 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/11/07/marinate-the-art-of-conversation/#comment-226553 Beautifully put my friend. You have a wonderful knack for making me go "wow I've been thinking along the edges of that for a long time, but I've never been able to pin it down!". Funny enough, I have both Flow and Conversation : A History sitting on my bookshelf, both untouched (at least by me). I know what I'm reading this weekend... thank you! Beautifully put my friend. You have a wonderful knack for making me go “wow I’ve been thinking along the edges of that for a long time, but I’ve never been able to pin it down!”. Funny enough, I have both Flow and Conversation : A History sitting on my bookshelf, both untouched (at least by me). I know what I’m reading this weekend… thank you!

]]> By: Dr. Cereal http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/11/07/marinate-the-art-of-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-226537 Dr. Cereal Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:36:25 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/11/07/marinate-the-art-of-conversation/#comment-226537 Wow. Well put, my friend. Why are some conversations great and others not? It seems to just happen sometimes. Like you said, it's a delicate art. Figuring out how to use small talk to navigate into the heart of things. That's something that maybe we neglect sometimes, just expecting others to talk without knowing how to ask the right questions or in the right way. And asking questions that are off-topic, awkward, or unclear is a quick conversation stopper. Bill Moyers comes to mind as a master conversationalist--his interviews don't seem like interviews. Wow. Well put, my friend. Why are some conversations great and others not? It seems to just happen sometimes.

Like you said, it’s a delicate art. Figuring out how to use small talk to navigate into the heart of things. That’s something that maybe we neglect sometimes, just expecting others to talk without knowing how to ask the right questions or in the right way. And asking questions that are off-topic, awkward, or unclear is a quick conversation stopper.
Bill Moyers comes to mind as a master conversationalist–his interviews don’t seem like interviews.

]]> By: medea http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/11/07/marinate-the-art-of-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-226526 medea Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:21:05 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/11/07/marinate-the-art-of-conversation/#comment-226526 Wow, you nailed it. Whyyyy are they so few and far in between? Then again... if they were an everyday thing, maybe we wouldn´t enjoy them as much. Wow, you nailed it. Whyyyy are they so few and far in between? Then again… if they were an everyday thing, maybe we wouldn´t enjoy them as much.

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