The last words written in my notebook from Morocco are from Lotfi Lamrani. He said to reduce the equation of any situation, movement or issue to the lowest deductive number to properly solve it. Simplify things.
In a way, Leonardo da Vinci agreed “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” It is the sophistication in application here of seeking change and creating solutions.
Today’s world is overwhelming. The amount of information, contrasts, people, conflict, misunderstandings, division, governments it goes on is just too much to think about.
However, to filter and change issues, we must learn to narrow our focus and cleanse from the most accurate and reduced point possible. Similar to global change happens locally, the more you magnify efforts in a simple or reduced arena, the greater affects and influences it will have.
Sarvodaya is also adapting to the approach Lamrani had foreshadowed.
The NGO is so expansive and has been working for over five decades that it’s network and web has become too spread out and starting to lose success due to strained efforts.
The organization is striving to reduce their programs and units in the next five years to channel more energy where it is needed instead of exasperating work in too many fields, some of which are becoming irrelevant or unnecessary, and by determining the most important needs of Sri Lanka now.
Local grassroots are renowned for focused efforts, which is a quality needed to approach the 21st century. Much like what I have learned about research, it is best done from a specific angle with a particular strategy in mind. It is the most effective way to filter, reduce and target the appropriate needs and solutions.
This can be applied to peace journalism not only in the sense of writing stories with a particular angle and “face,” but also in searching for the solution of the conflict, which needs to be found.
Also, simplifying the situation requires extensive research and knowledge of it, so the peace journalist could understand what the reduced equation would ultimately look like.
In a way, Leonardo da Vinci agreed “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” It is the sophistication in application here of seeking change and creating solutions.
Today’s world is overwhelming. The amount of information, contrasts, people, conflict, misunderstandings, division, governments it goes on is just too much to think about.
However, to filter and change issues, we must learn to narrow our focus and cleanse from the most accurate and reduced point possible. Similar to global change happens locally, the more you magnify efforts in a simple or reduced arena, the greater affects and influences it will have.
Sarvodaya is also adapting to the approach Lamrani had foreshadowed.
The NGO is so expansive and has been working for over five decades that it’s network and web has become too spread out and starting to lose success due to strained efforts.
The organization is striving to reduce their programs and units in the next five years to channel more energy where it is needed instead of exasperating work in too many fields, some of which are becoming irrelevant or unnecessary, and by determining the most important needs of Sri Lanka now.
Local grassroots are renowned for focused efforts, which is a quality needed to approach the 21st century. Much like what I have learned about research, it is best done from a specific angle with a particular strategy in mind. It is the most effective way to filter, reduce and target the appropriate needs and solutions.
This can be applied to peace journalism not only in the sense of writing stories with a particular angle and “face,” but also in searching for the solution of the conflict, which needs to be found.
Also, simplifying the situation requires extensive research and knowledge of it, so the peace journalist could understand what the reduced equation would ultimately look like.
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