“Politics is an honest effort to misunderstand one another.” ~ Robert FrostIt seems like almost everyone complains about the lack of transparency. We started this inquiry under the guiding ethic of transparency. We want anyone interested to know what we are up to, what we're thinking, and how we're thinking. The old adage counseling anyone living in a glass house to just get naked, seems good advice.
Anyone trying to do anything in any community lives in a glass house. Whether the curtains are opened or closed, there's little to hide behind. Might as well acknowledge that fact.
Those unaccustomed to living next to a glass house can find transparency a little shocking. And also perhaps more frustrating than opaqueness. Notice the window in the adjacent picture. It reflects what's outside rather than showing what's inside. Transparency can seem capricious, mirroring when you expected to be able to see right through it.
The posts here describe my experiences with this effort, they do not (could not) describe anyone else's experience. I trust my neighbors to understand that. I can only describe what I see out my window, not what anyone else sees.
Can you see the man standing behind the above transparency?
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