The Whole-Sense City

"Think of your city now (and when you were a child). What stands out for you, locates you there? What are the city’s sights? Sounds? Smells? Tastes? Touches? What words and images come to mind to describe your city as a whole?" Share at least three answers to each question exploring the different aspects of your city. Share your answers with a group of 6-8 people and see what you learn about how others experience the same place right now.

"Now imagine you are in your city as you most hope it to be, in the year 2022, when perhaps your children are (or would be) as old as you are today. What do you see? What are the sounds, smells, tastes and touches of life in your city in the future? How do you think your children feel about the city?" Again, share at least three answers to each question. Compile these answers into a common list and share with your whole group. Notice what is most important to your Imagination team about the city’s future. Imagine the kinds of initiatives — the ideas, events, images, people and personalities — that were critical for bringing about this healthy future. What ‘great battles’ were fought within and among people to make this future possible? Who were among the key players in nurturing this state of being? How? What did they do? What can/will each person present do now/this week/this year to move the city in the direction of their own dreams for it?