Nature keeps the world a-changing all the time. The Rhino System is remarkable in its ability to conform to Eccentricity, at whatever scale.
Maybe it’s due to our diet.
Category Archives: R Mindset
Recollections
Each of our memories is a story of some sort. Like stories, there is a beginning Situation, then a set of developments, and finally a resolution of the Situation, good or bad. And a moral of some sort, to make the memory memorable.
What is Wild is that these stories change with time in detail and meaning, and often in flavor. We revisit them and find the whole business has been changed, a new focus, a different moral. Sometimes a new character shows up.
Maybe the files do their own rewrites? How does that work?
Reverberations!
The Most Exhilarating Ideas are the ones that not only astonish Us on their own, but which set off chain reactions of Other Ideas, all skittering among Us!
Mind Boggling! Very Rhino!
Meaningful Conversation
We Rhinos are reliably informed that We are not the sole Topic of Interest for all other critters.
We can’t pretend to understand why that should be, but it is.
Way Back When…
Among the RhinoArts, Storytelling is an essential skill. Rhinos work to enrich their narrative style from an early age.
RhinoStories are not verbal; sound is usually descriptive, involving a repertoire of gurgles, glottal stops, and chuckles. And other sounds.
What defines RhinoTales is the body language, the telling gesture, and the a-rhythmic sweep of the unfolding Narrative. Plus many scent cross-references. Illustrated, thinly, is one expressive pattern, signaling an approaching joke.
There are numberless details and contributing factors, as each Story is modulated by the Teller for both the Audience and celebration of RhinoHeart (10/20/14).
Big stuff, We’re tellin’ you!
Self Expression
From time to time a Project does not go according to Expectation. On such occasions, a Rhino may feel Frustration.
Venting is Good.
Then We cruise onward, in full possession of ourselves. Mostly.
Loops
We are reflecting upon “loops”. Being “in the loop” means you are part of a gang who share information or beliefs or tastes. Being “out of the loop” means you aren’t and probably don’t. You have your “in crowd”, and all the rest of Us; The Loopless.
Loops probably begin innocently enough, two critters agreeing on something. But as more critters join up, the glue of looping is assent to the organizing principle. Shortly, the principle is ruling the loop. Nobody is thinking any more, just assenting and gaining a sense of vigor from the fellow “in crowd”. Loopsters Unite!
The Rhino Position on this is No Thank You. Believe in what suits Us each today, not what suited Us, or somebody else, yesterday. Or the day before.
Free Thinkers, a Wild bunch, for sure.
Like Wow…
Gravity is widely accepted today. But the R Tradition is that Gravity is a relatively new phenomenon. Rhino Archives are peculiar in what they record or omit. When did you last mention Gravity in casual conversation?
So Back Whenever, maybe Gravity worked differently, right?
But there is an alternative explanation, which is that throughout our rich and varied Rhino Past, We have had periods of Thought-Inducing Vegetation. It may be that recreational herbs are responsible for this perception, regarding Gravity.
Yeah, Wow. Wow.
GrapeAttitude
Rhinos do not complain. There is nobody to complain to, which has a big impact when it’s time for whining. It’s not that We don’t know how; We just have no audience. Who would be interested?
The picture is just to show that We could be Sour, in case We had to.
Rhinos are attentive to expanding our emotional repertoire. Gifted, that’s Us.
WhadayaKnow?!
The question has been posed, When has a Rhino learned enough? What is the practical limit on discovery and curiosity and attentiveness? We know a lot of stuff, but there’s usually room for a few more bits and pieces. Is it worth the effort, or can We kick back and savor a cucumber quesadilla?
The answer is: We will never know until We get to the end of the line. Nothing protects Us or Anybody from unforeseen disaster. But when things get Tricksy, it can turn out the thing We learned just yesterday is the very thing We need for a hasty escape. “Whew!”, We mutter with a nervous giggle.
Safe and sound is good, but the hard part is that the Preparation has to have happened when We knew nothing about when We’d need it.
Talk about a subtle moral!
Your Inner Rhino 