I wrote this post for my sailing blog but I realized that the message regarding the interaction between doing and knowing portrayed in this post has implications for readers of this blog as well. If you are so inclined, you can tackle the rather academic paper entitled “Pragmatism and Deming” which sheds light on Dr. W. E. Deming’s view of the interaction between doing and knowing. In any event, do read the short blog entry and watch the movie. Consider how the interactions between man, boat, and sea played out in this fascinating and tragic story.
I don’t think you will be disappointed.
People give various reasons to explain why they put to sea in small sailing boats, but once underway those reasons are overwhelmed by the immensity of their undertaking. Our will becomes transformed by the demands of our enterprise, often driving us toward unintended destinations. The persistent illusion that we control our destiny is quickly set right—influence? YES, control? NO. At sea we become immersed in the whole of our circumstance and the best we can hope to do is to shape the force of our will to harness the greater forces that envelop us. We are both the creators and the created. The act of voyaging under sail reveals this truth more vividly than any other endeavor.
The movie “Deep Water 2006″ is a powerfully moving testimonial to this fact.
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