Field guide / 06 of 07

Tensions.
Make the field legible.

Tensions are not simply problems to remove. Their unresolved pressure can organise attention, decision and change.

SYMBIAIN / FIELD MAP
Tensions
01Classification ↔ instance
02Actor ↔ field
03Representation ↔ reality
04Calibration ↔ drift
05Stability ↔ adaptation

OBSERVE → RELATE → REVISE

The reading frame

What to look for
before you decide.

Where is pressure accumulating?

  1. 01Classification ↔ instance
  2. 02Actor ↔ field
  3. 03Representation ↔ reality
  4. 04Calibration ↔ drift
  5. 05Stability ↔ adaptation

In practice

Three useful
moves.

01

Name both poles without collapsing either

02

Ask where pressure is gathering

03

Identify what the tension permits as well as prevents

Calibration notes

Do not force a premature resolution

Do not treat a polarity as two separate worlds

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